THE WEEK IN CHESS 595 3rd April 2006 by Mark Crowther
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15th Amber Tournament 36 games
Bundesliga 128 games
Top 16 French League 72 games
Victor Ciocaltea Memorial 24 games
Dutch Team Championship 43 games
Torre ENTEL PCS 25 games
22nd Spring Festival Open 183 games
First Saturday April 6 games
Beer-Sheva Rapid 2 games
Frascati International 35 games
Austrian Teams 396 games
2nd Bundesliga West 396 games
Estonian Championships 92 games
Phillips 66 Open 29 games
Dos Hermanas Open 19 games
1486 games
My thanks to Koos Stolk, Stefan Loeffler, John Saunders, Thomas Henrich,
Harald Grafenhofer, Miklos Orso, Pascal Villalba, Bednay Dezso, Laszlo Nagy,
Frank Berry, Jovan Petronic, Christophe Bouton, Holger Lieske, Yochanan Afek,
Massimo Megale, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, and everyone else who helped with the
issue.
The Amber tournament finished in a tie between Viswanathan Anand (his
5th win) and Alexander Morozevich (3rd). Morozevich showed his tremendous gifts
in the blindfold section which he took with a record 9.5/11. Anand scored a
pretty impressive 8/11 to take the rapid. Elsewhere there is a lot of team
chess with the Bundesliga concluding with victory for Baden Baden and the
finalists being settled in the French League.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 15th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament, organized by the
Association Max Euwe, took place at the Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel in Monaco
from March 18th (first round) - March 30th (last round) 2006. The total
prizefund is Euro 216.000. Time controls: 25mins + 10 seconds a move for rapid
and + 20 seconds a move for blindfold. Alexander Morozevich totally dominated
the blindfold section scoring 9.5/11 three! points clear of the field. Anand
won the rapid section with 8/11 and Morozevich and Anand shared first in the
combined standings.
Official site: http://www.alldata.nl/amber/
Blindfold
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Round 9 (March 28, 2006)
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 42 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Van Wely, Loek - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 43 D34 Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 0-1 34 E94 King's Indian Classical
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 20 E20 Nimzo Indian
Aronian, Levon - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 43 B89 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 25 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 10 (March 29, 2006)
Morozevich, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 50 B40 Sicilian Classical
Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon 1-0 73 C41 Philidor's Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 35 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Grischuk, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1-0 76 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Gelfand, Boris - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 37 E48 Nimzo Indian
Svidler, Peter - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 50 B50 Sicilian Defence
Round 11 (March 30, 2006)
Leko, Peter - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 41 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Van Wely, Loek - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 34 E97 King's Indian Classical
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 38 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 18 A31 English Symmetrical
Aronian, Levon - Svidler, Peter 1-0 25 A00 Irregular Openings
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 59 D32 Tarrasch Defence
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 18-30 iii 2006 cat. XIX (2723)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2721 * 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 9.5 3032
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 0 * = 0 1 1 = = = = 1 1 6.5 2782
3 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 0 = * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 = = 6.5 2795
4 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 = 1 = * 1 = 0 0 = = 1 = 6.0 2760
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 0 0 1 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = = 6.0 2757
6 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 = 0 = = = * = 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2723
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 0 = 0 1 0 = * = 1 1 0 1 5.5 2719
8 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 0 = 0 1 = 1 = * 0 0 1 0 4.5 2665
9 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 1 0 1 4.5 2651
10 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2644 = = 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 * = = 4.0 2628
11 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 1 = * = 4.0 2618
12 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 0 0 = = = 0 0 1 0 = = * 3.5 2589
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Rapid
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Round 9 (March 28, 2006)
Anand, Viswanathan - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 38 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 27 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Grischuk, Alexander - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 35 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Morozevich, Alexander - Leko, Peter 0-1 98 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Gelfand, Boris - Aronian, Levon 0-1 45 A56 Old Indian Defence
Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 68 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 10 (March 29, 2006)
Topalov, Veselin - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 57 C42 Petroff's Defence
Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 21 C24 Bishop's Opening
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 63 D13 Slav Exchange
Van Wely, Loek - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 34 D38 QGD Ragozin
Leko, Peter - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 26 B63 Sicilian Rauzer
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Svidler, Peter 1/2 24 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Round 11 (March 30, 2006)
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 18 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Leko, Peter 1/2 21 B18 Caro Kann
Grischuk, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 33 C42 Petroff's Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 32 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Gelfand, Boris - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 38 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Svidler, Peter - Aronian, Levon 0-1 40 C04 French Tarrasch
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 18-30 iii 2006 cat. XIX (2723)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 * = = = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2892
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 = * = 1 0 = 1 = = 1 0 1 6.5 2781
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 = = * 0 1 = 1 0 1 1 0 1 6.5 2785
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 = 0 1 * = = = 1 0 = = = 5.5 2722
5 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 0 1 0 = * 1 0 = = 1 1 0 5.5 2730
6 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 0 = = = 0 * = 1 = 1 = = 5.5 2730
7 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 = 0 0 = 1 = * 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2724
8 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2721 = = 1 0 = 0 1 * 0 = 1 0 5.0 2687
9 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 0 = 0 1 = = = 1 * 0 = = 5.0 2685
10 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 * 1 1 5.0 2687
11 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2644 0 1 1 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 * = 4.0 2628
12 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 = 0 = * 4.0 2617
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Combined
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Amber Combined Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 18-30 iii 2006 cat. XIX (2723)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2721 ** 1= 10 =1 1= 10 11 == 1= 10 10 =1 14.5 2840
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 0= ** =1 0= == 11 1= 1= =1 =1 1= =1 14.5 2834
3 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 01 =0 ** == 1= 0= == =1 10 1= == 1= 12.0 2766
4 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 =0 1= == ** =0 1= 10 == 01 01 == =1 11.5 2738
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 0= == 0= =1 ** 0= 0= =1 10 01 11 10 11.0 2716
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 01 00 1= 0= 1= ** =0 =0 == 1= =1 1= 11.0 2721
7 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 00 0= == 01 1= =1 ** 01 01 11 =0 =0 10.5 2706
8 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 == 0= =0 == =0 =1 10 ** 00 =1 1= =1 10.5 2709
9 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 0= =0 01 10 01 == 10 11 ** =0 0= 01 10.0 2694
10 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 01 =0 0= 10 10 0= 00 =0 =1 ** 1= 1= 9.5 2669
11 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 01 0= == == 00 =0 =1 0= 1= 0= ** == 9.0 2657
12 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2644 =0 =0 0= =0 01 0= =1 =0 10 0= == ** 8.0 2628
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Garry Kasparov finally drops out as world number one through inactivity.
When I asked Anand and Topalov about the race to be number one Anand virtually
conceded Topalov would be top because Anand wasn't playing any more rated
events. Topalov said he could blow it at Morelia and Linares, and he nearly
did. A dreadful performance in Morelia was made up for by a tremendous comeback
in Linares and he edges out Anand by a point. Both are within striking distance
of Kasparov 2812 mark too. Levon Aronian rises to number three in the world
from five continuing his rise as a new star of the game. Peter Svidler
effectively drops a place holding number four but losing 22 points. Leko rises
a place, and Ponomariov and Morozevich both gain three places. Vladimir Kramnik
drops again after his poor performance in the Russian Championship. Gelfand and
Ivanchuk make up the remains of the top 10. Teimour Radjabov's rise continues
after his great result in Linares gaining 17 points. The rest of the list is
remarkably devoid of interest, only players in the 90s drop out of the list and
there are re-entries from players on the edge of the list although Baadur
Jobava did gain 32 points to get back in the list at 65. Magnus Carlsen gains
another 21 points in his inevitable rise.
Source: http://www.fide.com. The full
list is available for download there.
FIDE Top 100 Players April 2006
No. Ja Name t NAT YroB ju04 oc04 ja05 ap05 ju05 oc05 ja06 ap06 Gms
1 2 Topalov, Veselin.......... g BUL 1975 2737 2757 2757 2778 2788 2782 2801 2804 27
2 3 Anand, Viswanathan........ g IND 1969 2782 2781 2786 2785 2788 2788 2792 2803 13
3 5 Aronian, Levon............ g ARM 1982 2671 2675 2684 2693 2724 2724 2752 2756 27
4 4 Svidler, Peter............ g RUS 1976 2727 2735 2735 2725 2738 2740 2765 2743 28
5 7 Leko, Peter............... g HUN 1979 2741 2743 2749 2763 2763 2751 2740 2738 27
6 10 Ponomariov, Ruslan........ g UKR 1983 2722 2710 2700 2695 2704 2704 2723 2738 16
7 11 Morozevich, Alexander..... g RUS 1977 2743 2758 2741 2717 2707 2707 2721 2730 10
8 6 Kramnik, Vladimir......... g RUS 1975 2770 2760 2754 2753 2744 2739 2741 2729 11
9 9 Gelfand, Boris............ g ISR 1968 2709 2693 2696 2713 2724 2717 2723 2727 13
10 8 Ivanchuk, Vassily......... g UKR 1969 2715 2705 2711 2739 2752 2748 2729 2723 28
11 17 Adams, Michael............ g ENG 1971 2738 2740 2741 2737 2719 2718 2707 2720 15
12 12 Grischuk, Alexander....... g RUS 1983 2705 2704 2710 2724 2720 2720 2717 2719 3
13 19 Radjabov, Teimour......... g AZE 1987 2664 2663 2667 2673 2682 2704 2700 2717 14
14 14 Polgar, Judit............. g HUN 1976 2728 2728 2728 2732 2735 2735 2711 2711 0
15 13 Bacrot, Etienne........... g FRA 1983 2712 2718 2715 2731 2729 2725 2717 2708 30
16 18 Akopian, Vladimir......... g ARM 1971 2692 2692 2693 2703 2705 2707 2704 2706 19
17 20 Bareev, Evgeny............ g RUS 1966 2715 2715 2709 2709 2688 2675 2698 2701 11
18 16 Shirov, Alexei............ g ESP 1972 2725 2726 2713 2714 2705 2710 2709 2699 10
19 15 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz.... g AZE 1985 2662 2660 2657 2646 2646 2674 2709 2699 23
20 23 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter... g ROM 1976 2686 2687 2673 2670 2679 2707 2693 2695 3
21 30 Sasikiran, Krishnan....... g IND 1981 2666 2668 2657 2642 2652 2663 2670 2692 27
22 22 Malakhov, Vladimir........ g RUS 1980 2674 2664 2664 2670 2673 2670 2694 2691 11
23 35 Rublevsky, Sergei......... g RUS 1974 2686 2649 2650 2645 2645 2652 2665 2687 11
24 26 Lautier, Joel............. g FRA 1973 2666 2682 2678 2678 2672 2680 2682 2682 3
25 28 Harikrishna, P............ g IND 1986 2609 2612 2632 2646 2645 2673 2673 2680 7
26 63 Georgiev, Kiril........... g BUL 1965 2626 2625 2654 2666 2666 2648 2645 2677 28
27 24 Sokolov, Ivan............. g NED 1968 2679 2663 2685 2662 2691 2696 2689 2676 16
28 39 Jakovenko, Dmitry......... g RUS 1983 2596 2596 2596 2608 2627 2644 2662 2675 24
29 32 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam...... g UZB 1979 2640 2650 2678 2670 2670 2670 2670 2673 3
30 21 Dreev, Alexey............. g RUS 1969 2690 2698 2704 2705 2698 2694 2697 2673 20
31 29 Karpov, Anatoly........... g RUS 1951 2682 2682 2674 2674 2672 2672 2672 2672 0
32 25 Kamsky, Gata.............. g USA 1974 2717 2717 2717 2700 2700 2690 2686 2671 13
33 57 Korneev, Oleg.............. g RUS 1969 2587 2583 2602 2611 2594 2599 2649 2671 79
34 37 Zvjaginsev, Vadim......... g RUS 1976 2650 2650 2653 2649 2659 2659 2664 2670 11
35 45 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.... g GEO 1960 2679 2672 2662 2671 2672 2658 2658 2669 17
36 33 Tiviakov, Sergei.......... g NED 1973 2601 2617 2627 2631 2678 2700 2669 2669 23
37 27 Short, Nigel D............ g ENG 1965 2684 2687 2674 2673 2673 2673 2676 2668 11
38 41 Bologan, Viktor........... g MDA 1971 2663 2669 2683 2700 2700 2682 2661 2666 22
39 54 Vallejo Pons, Francisco... g ESP 1982 2679 2678 2686 2677 2681 2674 2650 2666 23
40 48 Eljanov, Pavel............ g UKR 1983 2613 2629 2643 2641 2639 2663 2655 2665 11
41 46 Naiditsch, Arkadij........ g GER 1985 2574 2611 2623 2626 2612 2641 2657 2664 25
42 65 Nakamura, Hikaru.......... g USA 1987 2601 2620 2613 2657 2660 2662 2644 2664 14
43 34 Efimenko, Zahar........... g UKR 1985 2572 2594 2601 2620 2643 2637 2666 2662 18
44 38 Smirin, Ilia.............. g ISR 1968 2671 2673 2644 2649 2652 2673 2662 2662 0
45 47 Moiseenko, Alexander...... g UKR 1980 2640 2653 2669 2665 2664 2663 2657 2662 18
46 42 Karjakin, Sergey.......... g UKR 1990 2591 2576 2599 2635 2645 2658 2660 2661 22
47 68 Motylev, Alexander........ g RUS 1979 2658 2651 2665 2680 2675 2632 2638 2660 33
48 36 Volokitin, Andrei......... g UKR 1986 2638 2652 2685 2679 2671 2666 2665 2660 9
49 31 Areshchenko, Alexander.... g UKR 1986 2575 2580 2570 2595 2625 2653 2670 2660 19
50 44 Navara, David............. g CZE 1985 2616 2620 2644 2647 2663 2646 2660 2658 13
51 62 Almasi, Zoltan............ g HUN 1976 2644 2650 2628 2628 2619 2640 2646 2657 13
52 59 Van Wely, Loek............ g NED 1972 2680 2681 2679 2687 2655 2648 2647 2655 13
53 49 Kobalia, Mikhail.......... g RUS 1978 2618 2621 2634 2644 2614 2634 2654 2654 0
54 53 Najer, Evgeniy............ g RUS 1977 2608 2624 2624 2615 2614 2641 2652 2653 14
55 55 Bruzon, Lazaro............ g CUB 1982 2628 2637 2652 2669 2662 2677 2650 2652 24
56 72 Krasenkow, Michal......... g POL 1963 2632 2676 2672 2672 2663 2655 2636 2650 11
57 56 Onischuk, Alexander....... g USA 1975 2655 2653 2652 2638 2628 2640 2650 2650 0
58 52 Izoria, Zviad............. g GEO 1984 2593 2600 2607 2602 2606 2646 2652 2647 16
59 71 Dominguez, Lenier......... g CUB 1983 2629 2645 2661 2658 2639 2635 2638 2647 9
60 66 Nielsen, Peter Heine...... g DEN 1973 2652 2663 2648 2653 2668 2646 2644 2646 2
61 61 Asrian, Karen............. g ARM 1980 2586 2591 2602 2611 2611 2645 2646 2646 13
62 89 Carlsen, Magnus........... g NOR 1990 2567 2581 2553 2548 2528 2570 2625 2646 13
63 50 Timofeev, Artyom.......... g RUS 1985 2611 2611 2619 2622 2661 2658 2653 2646 9
64 60 Miton, Kamil............... g POL 1984 2597 2600 2583 2592 2589 2636 2646 2646 0
65 -- Jobava, Baadur............. g GEO 1983 2615 2614 2640 2637 2621 2601 2614 2646 22
66 90 Gashimov, Vugar........... g AZE 1986 2586 2586 2585 2585 2594 2608 2625 2644 13
67 77 Gurevich, Mikhail......... g TUR 1959 2667 2644 2634 2630 2669 2652 2633 2643 13
68 67 Tkachiev, Vladislav....... g FRA 1973 2615 2609 2609 2605 2625 2629 2642 2643 3
69 43 Khalifman, Alexander...... g RUS 1966 2669 2669 2662 2658 2653 2653 2660 2640 20
70 40 Delchev, Aleksander....... g BUL 1971 2603 2601 2597 2614 2656 2669 2661 2640 11
71 75 Alekseev, Evgeny.......... g RUS 1985 2606 2604 2605 2597 2625 2632 2634 2640 9
72 64 Bu, Xiangzhi.............. g CHN 1985 2620 2615 2607 2630 2632 2637 2645 2640 9
73 85 Zhang, Zhong.............. g CHN 1978 2603 2596 2591 2599 2608 2598 2629 2640 8
74 87 Bauer, Christian.......... g FRA 1977 2590 2622 2636 2640 2641 2625 2627 2638 30
75 73 Ibragimov, Ildar.......... g USA 1967 2582 2585 2603 2611 2605 2617 2635 2637 15
76 58 Sakaev, Konstantin........ g RUS 1974 2664 2669 2677 2672 2669 2668 2649 2637 12
77 74 Seirawan, Yasser.......... g USA 1960 2631 2631 2631 2631 2635 2635 2635 2635 0
78 92 Cheparinov, Ivan.......... g BUL 1986 2567 2576 2572 2621 2634 2618 2625 2635 29
79 51 Aleksandrov, Aleksej...... g BLR 1973 2666 2659 2635 2635 2630 2636 2653 2634 14
80 91 Fressinet, Laurent........ g FRA 1981 2637 2640 2638 2638 2627 2624 2625 2633 19
81 78 Avrukh, Boris............. g ISR 1978 2600 2614 2629 2642 2652 2653 2633 2633 0
82 81 Huebner, Robert Dr........ g GER 1948 2624 2624 2624 2624 2636 2637 2632 2632 0
83 82 Granda Zuniga, Julio E.... g PER 1967 2605 2605 2599 ---- 2601 2637 2631 2631 0
84 93 Sutovsky, Emil............ g ISR 1977 2679 2697 2669 2665 2674 2654 2624 2628 10
85 79 Sokolov, Andrei........... g FRA 1963 2583 2591 2582 2598 2603 2623 2632 2628 10
86 99 Atalik, Suat.............. g TUR 1964 ---- 2541 2560 2561 2561 2620 2618 2627 22
87 69 Zhang, Pengxiang.......... g CHN 1980 2519 2519 2560 2583 2616 2613 2638 2623 9
88 88 Beliavsky, Alexander G.... g SLO 1953 2679 2660 2635 2630 2599 2631 2626 2622 13
89 70 Milov, Vadim.............. g SUI 1972 2683 2683 2668 2653 2645 2652 2638 2622 19
90 76 Vescovi, Giovanni......... g BRA 1978 2648 2645 2645 2638 2640 2646 2633 2622 13
91 100 Istratescu, Andrei........ g ROM 1975 2603 2611 2617 2624 2624 2622 2618 2621 3
92 84 Volkov, Sergey............ g RUS 1974 2625 2628 2612 2634 2622 2614 2629 2620 30
93 86 Sadvakasov, Darmen........ g KAZ 1979 2626 2631 2635 2605 2610 2612 2629 2619 9
94 -- Lputian, Smbat G.......... g ARM 1958 2634 2634 2640 2640 2629 2614 2613 2619 3
95 98 Hjartarson, Johann ....... g ISL 1963 2628 2628 2628 2628 2621 2619 2619 2619 0
96 -- Galkin, Alexander......... g RUS 1979 2598 2593 2593 2599 2598 2598 2616 2618 9
97 -- Korotylev, Alexe.......... g RUS 1977 2596 2596 2603 2605 2604 2604 2609 2618 9
98 80 Movsesian, Sergei......... g SVK 1978 2646 2629 2624 2628 2645 2635 2632 2618 9
99 101 Paragua, Mark............. g PHI 1984 ---- 2534 2586 2596 2596 2596 2618 2617 8
100 83 Timman, Jan H............. g NED 1951 2596 2602 2607 2607 2625 2630 2630 2616 7
101 -- Vladimirov, Evgeny........ g KAZ 1957 2628 2627 2623 2623 2616 2616 2616 2616 0
Dropping Out
No. Ja Name t NAT YroB ju04 oc04 ja05 ap05 ju05 oc05 ja06 ap06 Gms
1 1 Kasparov, Garry........... g RUS 1963 2817 2813 2804 2812 2812 2812 2812 2812 0
94 85 Kotronias, Vasilios....... g GRE 1964 2608 2599 2585 2578 2587 2626 2622 2598 12
95 97 Ehlvest, Jaan............. g EST 1962 2605 2631 2622 2614 2614 2618 2619 2607 35
96 79 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij... g UKR 1978 2615 2617 2620 2628 2634 2634 2619 2597 18
97 95 Kempinski, Robert......... g POL 1977 2612 2608 2624 2627 2619 2619 2619 2586 22
The final Bundesliga weekend took place April 1st-2nd 2006. Baden Baden
(Anand, Svidler, Shirov etc) took the league title with a 7-1 win against
Godesberger and then a 6-2 win against Köln Porz. Köln Porz took the
rather odd decision to name Michael Adams in their team (a decision Adams knew
nothing about until informed during his match in France) when they knew he was
in fact playing in the French League this weekend. Of course this sort of
conflict in scheduling between leagues was unfortunate to say the least.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/
Round 14 1st April 2006
Venue: Baden Baden
OSC Baden Baden 7 - 1 Godesberger SK
1 Anand,Viswana 1 : 0 Kasimdzhanov, 1
2 Svidler,Peter 1 : 0 Jenni,Florian 2
4 Shirov,Alexei 0 : 1 Sprenger,Jan- 3
5 Vallejo Pons, 1 : 0 Seel,Christia 4
7 Krasenkow,Mic 1 : 0 Langheinrich, 6
8 Movsesian,Ser 1 : 0 Grafl,Florian 7
10 Dautov,Rustem 1 : 0 Jackelen,Thom 8
11 Schlosser,Phi 1 : 0 Armbruster,Al 9
SG Kirchheim 1 - 7 SG Köln Porz
2 Wippermann,Ti + : - Adams,Michael 1
4 Gschnitzer,Os 0 : 1 Lutz,Christop 2
6 Beckhuis,Gern 0 : 1 Van Wely,Loek 3
7 Wintzer,Joach 0 : 1 Vaganian,Rafa 5
8 Vonthron,Hors 0 : 1 Timman,Jan H 6
9 Rudolph,Johan 0 : 1 Graf,Alexande 7
11 Adler,Joel Dr 0 : 1 Hansen,Curt 9
14 Porth,Dietmar 0 : 1 Van den Doel, 10
Venue: Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen 6 - 2 SC Eppingen
1 McShane,Luke ½ : ½ Gyimesi,Zolta 1
2 Efimenko,Zaha ½ : ½ Postny,Evgeny 2
3 Areshchenko,A 1 : 0 Acs,Peter 3
4 Hracek,Zbynek ½ : ½ Meier,Georg 5
6 Babula,Vlasti 1 : 0 Medvegy,Zolta 6
7 Nyback,Tomi 1 : 0 Rau,Hannes 8
8 Fish,Gennadij ½ : ½ Miltner,Arndt 9
9 Schandorff,La 1 : 0 Schneider,Ber 13
Hamburger SK 4½-3½ TV Tegernsee
1 Gustafsson,Ja ½ : ½ Khenkin,Igor 1
2 Ftacnik,Lubom ½ : ½ Ribli,Zoltan 3
4 Hansen,Sune B ½ : ½ Bischoff,Klau 4
6 Mueller,Karst 1 : 0 Boensch,Uwe 5
7 Reeh,Oliver 0 : 1 Kindermann,St 6
8 Heinemann,Thi 1 : 0 Hertneck,Gera 7
11 Van Delft,Mer ½ : ½ Teske,Henrik 8
13 Sebastian,Dir ½ : ½ Gross,David 12
Venue: Muelheim
SV Mülheim Nord 3½-4½ SV Wattenscheid
2 Landa,Konstan 0 : 1 Sargissian,Ga 2
4 Fridman,Danie 0 : 1 Rustemov,Alex 4
5 Levin,Felix 1 : 0 Holzke,Frank 6
6 Schebler,Gerh 0 : 1 Appel,Ralf 8
7 Saltaev,Mihai ½ : ½ Lemmers,Oscar 10
8 Hausrath,Dani ½ : ½ Visser,Yge 12
9 Lytchak,Alexa 1 : 0 Straeter,Timo 13
11 Sielecki,Chri ½ : ½ Thiel,Thomas 14
SF Katernberg 1½-6½ SG Aljechin Soli
1 Volokitin,And ½ : ½ Jussupow,Artu 1
2 Erenburg,Serg ½ : ½ Nikolic,Predr 2
7 L'Ami,Erwin 0 : 1 Baramidze,Dav 4
9 Senff,Martin 0 : 1 Stellwagen,Da 5
11 Souleidis,Geo 0 : 1 Gabriel,Chris 8
12 Thesing,Matth ½ : ½ Hoffmann,Mich 10
13 Scholz,Christ 0 : 1 Ernst,Sipke 11
14 Rosen,Bernd 0 : 1 Zysk,Robert 12
Venue: Kreuzberg
SC Kreuzberg 7½-½ SK Zehlendorf
4 Socko,Bartosz 1 : 0 Richter,Micha 1
6 Maiwald,Jens- 1 : 0 Maksimenko,An 2
7 Kalinitschew, ½ : ½ Heinig,Wolfra 5
8 Lau,Ralf 1 : 0 Rahls,Peter 8
9 Volke,Karsten 1 : 0 Lieb,Harald 9
10 Tischbierek,R 1 : 0 Kalabic,Faris 12
11 Loeffler,Stef 1 : 0 Brustkern,Jue 13
13 Glienke,Manfr 1 : 0 Liedmann,Matt 14
SF Berlin 1903 7 - 1 SC Leipzig Gohli
5 Polzin,Rainer ½ : ½ Vogt,Lothar 1
6 Berndt,Stepha 1 : 0 Roos,Michael 3
7 Borriss,Marti ½ : ½ Roeber,Bjoern 4
8 Schneider,Ilj 1 : 0 Zesch,Ludwig 5
9 Poldauf,Dirk 1 : 0 Quast,Michael 7
10 Thiede,Lars 1 : 0 Fischer,Johan 8
11 Thinius,Marco 1 : 0 Hoffmann,Hend 9
12 Rudolf,Henrik 1 : 0 Rausch,Stepha 11
Round 15 2nd April 2006
Venue: Baden Baden
Godesberger SK 6 - 2 SG Kirchheim
1 Kasimdzhanov, 1 : 0 Wippermann,Ti 2
2 Jenni,Florian 1 : 0 Gschnitzer,Os 4
3 Sprenger,Jan- ½ : ½ Beckhuis,Gern 6
4 Seel,Christia 1 : 0 Vonthron,Hors 8
6 Langheinrich, ½ : ½ Rudolph,Johan 9
7 Grafl,Florian 1 : 0 Zuse,Klaus-Pe 10
8 Jackelen,Thom ½ : ½ Adler,Joel Dr 11
10 Schmidt,Bodo ½ : ½ Porth,Dietmar 14
SG Köln Porz 2 - 6 OSC Baden Baden
1 Adams,Michael - : + Anand,Viswana 1
2 Lutz,Christop 0 : 1 Svidler,Peter 2
3 Van Wely,Loek 0 : 1 Shirov,Alexei 4
5 Vaganian,Rafa ½ : ½ Vallejo Pons, 5
6 Timman,Jan H 0 : 1 Nielsen,Peter 6
7 Graf,Alexande ½ : ½ Krasenkow,Mic 7
9 Hansen,Curt ½ : ½ Movsesian,Ser 8
10 Van den Doel, ½ : ½ Schlosser,Phi 11
Venue: Werder Bremen
SC Eppingen 5 - 3 Hamburger SK
1 Gyimesi,Zolta ½ : ½ Gustafsson,Ja 1
2 Postny,Evgeny ½ : ½ Ftacnik,Lubom 2
3 Acs,Peter 1 : 0 Hansen,Sune B 4
4 Braun,Arik 1 : 0 Mueller,Karst 6
5 Meier,Georg ½ : ½ Reeh,Oliver 7
6 Medvegy,Zolta ½ : ½ Heinemann,Thi 8
8 Rau,Hannes 1 : 0 Van Delft,Mer 11
9 Miltner,Arndt 0 : 1 Sebastian,Dir 13
TV Tegernsee 1½-6½ Werder Bremen
1 Khenkin,Igor ½ : ½ McShane,Luke 1
3 Ribli,Zoltan 0 : 1 Efimenko,Zaha 2
4 Bischoff,Klau 0 : 1 Areshchenko,A 3
6 Kindermann,St 0 : 1 Hracek,Zbynek 4
7 Hertneck,Gera 0 : 1 Babula,Vlasti 6
8 Teske,Henrik 0 : 1 Nyback,Tomi 7
11 Bromberger,St ½ : ½ Fish,Gennadij 8
12 Gross,David ½ : ½ Schandorff,La 9
Venue: Muelheim
SV Wattenscheid 3 - 5 SF Katernberg
2 Sargissian,Ga ½ : ½ Volokitin,And 1
4 Rustemov,Alex ½ : ½ Erenburg,Serg 2
6 Holzke,Frank 0 : 1 L'Ami,Erwin 7
8 Appel,Ralf ½ : ½ Senff,Martin 9
10 Lemmers,Oscar 0 : 1 Souleidis,Geo 11
13 Straeter,Timo ½ : ½ Thesing,Matth 12
14 Thiel,Thomas 1 : 0 Scholz,Christ 13
15 Lang,Daniel 0 : 1 Rosen,Bernd 14
SG Aljechin Soli 4½-3½ SV Mülheim Nord
1 Jussupow,Artu ½ : ½ Landa,Konstan 2
2 Nikolic,Predr ½ : ½ Fridman,Danie 4
4 Baramidze,Dav ½ : ½ Levin,Felix 5
5 Stellwagen,Da 1 : 0 Schebler,Gerh 6
8 Gabriel,Chris 1 : 0 Saltaev,Mihai 7
10 Hoffmann,Mich ½ : ½ Hausrath,Dani 8
11 Ernst,Sipke ½ : ½ Wegener,Olaf 10
12 Zysk,Robert 0 : 1 Sielecki,Chri 11
Venue: Kreuzberg
SK Zehlendorf 2 - 6 SF Berlin 1903
1 Richter,Micha 0 : 1 Polzin,Rainer 5
2 Maksimenko,An 1 : 0 Berndt,Stepha 6
5 Heinig,Wolfra 0 : 1 Borriss,Marti 7
7 Klimm,Wolf-Di 0 : 1 Schneider,Ilj 8
9 Lieb,Harald 0 : 1 Poldauf,Dirk 9
12 Kalabic,Faris 0 : 1 Thiede,Lars 10
13 Brustkern,Jue 1 : 0 Thinius,Marco 11
14 Liedmann,Matt 0 : 1 Rudolf,Henrik 12
SC Leipzig Gohli 2½-5½ SC Kreuzberg
1 Vogt,Lothar 0 : 1 Socko,Bartosz 4
3 Roos,Michael 0 : 1 Maiwald,Jens- 6
4 Roeber,Bjoern 0 : 1 Kalinitschew, 7
5 Zesch,Ludwig ½ : ½ Lau,Ralf 8
7 Quast,Michael 0 : 1 Volke,Karsten 9
8 Fischer,Johan 0 : 1 Tischbierek,R 10
9 Hoffmann,Hend 1 : 0 Loeffler,Stef 11
11 Rausch,Stepha 1 : 0 Glienke,Manfr 13
Final Round 15 Standings:
1. OSC Baden Baden 15 28 82
2. Werder Bremen 15 26 76
3. SG Köln Porz 15 23 78
4. SG Aljechin Soli 15 23 72½
5. TV Tegernsee 15 21 68½
6. SC Kreuzberg 15 18 68½
7. SF Katernberg 15 17 64
8. SF Berlin 1903 15 17 61½
9. SV Mülheim Nord 15 15 65½
10. SV Wattenscheid 15 14 60
11. Hamburger SK 15 13 61½
12. SC Eppingen 15 10 56½
13. Godesberger SK 15 9 51
14. SG Kirchheim 15 4 38½
15. SC Leipzig Gohli 15 2 31½
16. SK Zehlendorf 15 0 24½
Rounds 4-7 of the French League took place in Montpellier (group A) and
Gonfreville (Group B) the final stages take place 4th-7th May 2006. The top
four in each group go into Poule Haute and play for the title, the bottom four
into poule basse to avoid relegation.
Games from Group A rounds 4-5 are available. Curiously almost no games
from Group B even those that took place in February seem to have been made
available.
Poule haute : Nao C.C. (21), Clichy (18), Mulhouse (16), Evry (15),
Monaco (21), Gonfreville (15), Nice (15), et Bischwiller (15)
Poule basse : Montpellier (14), Drancy (11), Créteil (9), Avignon
(8), Cannes (14), Nancy (12), Antibes (11) et Strasbourg (9)
Further info: http://www.echecs.asso.fr,
http://www.notzai.info/ and
http://www.europe-echecs.com/
Group A
Round 4
Nao C.C. 7 - 0 Créteil
g KARJAKIN Serg 2660 1 - 0 GOVCIYAN Pavel 2368
g FRESSINET Lau 2625 X - X DOURERASSOU Jon 2354
g LAUTIER Joel 2682 1 - 0 m LEPELLETIER B 2437
g BACROT Etienn 2717 1 - 0 f PARMENTIER Xa 2299
g NATAF Igor-Al 2553 1 - 0 f CALISTRI Tris 2382
g VACHIER-LAGRA 2542 X - X BOUCHET Nicolas 2307
m COLLAS Silvia 2398 1 - 0 LEPAN Marvin 2201
g HAUCHARD Arna 2487 1 - 0 BRIH Said 2224
LOPEZ Jorge 2252 1 - 0 DELORME Laurie 2064
Mulhouse 7 - 0 Avignon
g NAVARA David 2660 1 - 0 m GUIDARELLI La 2462
g GEORGIEV Kiri 2645 X - X m BOUDRE Jean-P 2334
g WOJTASZEK Rad 2605 1 - 0 f GREGOIRE Sylv 2261
g SAKAEV Konsta 2649 1 - 0 DUQUESNOY Jean- 2242
g SOKOLOV Andre 2632 1 - 0 MEYNARD Thibaul 2234
g BRICARD Emman 2473 1 - 0 SALUS Stephane 2184
m WIRIG Anthony 2410 X - X PIERONI Guillau 2158
m RIFF Jean-Noe 2444 1 - 0 BISSIERES Mathi 2206
mf MULLER Anne 2169 1 - 0 GUADALPI Celine 1902
Montpellier 2 - 4 Clichy
g HAMDOUCHI Hic 2575 0 - 1 g DAVID Alberto 2591
g PRIE Eric 2467 0 - 1 g NISIPEANU Liv 2693
g CONQUEST Stua 2522 X - X g NAIDITSCH Ark 2657
g FLEAR Glenn C 2470 X - X g BAUER Christi 2627
m LIBISZEWSKI F 2467 X - X g TREGUBOV Pave 2556
m MAZE Sebastie 2518 0 - 1 m KOCH Jean-Ren 2441
f EDOUARD Romai 2365 1 - 0 g BAGHERI Amir 2521
gf BOGZA Adina- 2294 0 - 1 g APICELLA Manu 2519
mf FLEAR Christ 2212 1 - 0 gf MILLIET Soph 2328
Drancy 1 - 5 Evry
g BUNZMANN Dimi 2537 0 - 1 g GASHIMOV Vuga 2625
g KOMAROV Dimit 2516 0 - 1 g KOGAN Artur 2560
g LEGKY Nikolay 2453 1 - 0 g BELKHODJA Sli 2488
f BERTHELOT Yan 2306 X - X g RELANGE Eloi 2490
f BORNE Niels 2342 X - X m ABERGEL Thal 2426
m SALAUN Yann 2335 0 - 1 m SEBAG Marie 2415
m GIFFARD Nicol 2313 X - X g CRAMLING Pia 2515
WOLFANGEL Flore 1960 0 - 1 g MARCELIN Cyri 2441
CONAN Claude 1960 0 - 1 m BERGEZ Luc 2341
Round 5
Clichy 0 - 1 Nao C.C.
g DAVID Alberto 2591 X - X g NIELSEN Peter 2644
g NISIPEANU Liv 2693 X - X g ADAMS Michael 2707
g BAUER Christi 2627 X - X g GRISCHUK Alex 2717
g PELLETIER Yan 2579 X - X g KARJAKIN Serg 2660
g NAIDITSCH Ark 2657 X - X g BACROT Etienn 2717
g APICELLA Manu 2519 X - X g LAUTIER Joel 2682
m KOCH Jean-Ren 2441 X - X g FRESSINET Lau 2625
g BAGHERI Amir 2521 X - X g NATAF Igor-Al 2553
gf MILLIET Soph 2328 0 - 1 m COLLAS Silvia 2398
Evry 1 - 3 Mulhouse
g GASHIMOV Vuga 2625 0 - 1 g NAVARA David 2660
g KOGAN Artur 2560 X - X g SAKAEV Konsta 2649
g CRAMLING Pia 2515 X - X g SOKOLOV Andre 2632
g RELANGE Eloi 2490 X - X g GEORGIEV Kiri 2645
m ABERGEL Thal 2426 0 - 1 g WOJTASZEK Rad 2605
g MARCELIN Cyri 2441 X - X m RIFF Jean-Noe 2444
g CHABANON Jean 2411 X - X g BRICARD Emman 2473
m SEBAG Marie 2415 0 - 1 m WIRIG Anthony 2410
m BERGEZ Luc 2341 1 - 0 mf MULLER Anne 2169
Avignon 0 - 7 Drancy
m GUIDARELLI La 2462 X - X g KOMAROV Dimit 2516
DUQUESNOY Jean- 2242 0 - 1 g LEGKY Nikolay 2453
m BOUDRE Jean-P 2334 0 - 1 g BUNZMANN Dimi 2537
f GREGOIRE Sylv 2261 0 - 1 m KARR Jean-Phi 2379
MEYNARD Thibaul 2234 0 - 1 f BORNE Niels 2342
BISSIERES Mathi 2206 0 - 1 m SALAUN Yann 2335
PIERONI Guillau 2158 0 - 1 m GIFFARD Nicol 2313
SALUS Stephane 2184 0 - 1 f BERTHELOT Yan 2306
GUADALPI Celine 1902 X - X WOLFANGEL Flore 1960
Créteil 0 - 7 Montpellier
GOVCIYAN Pavel 2368 0 - 1 g HAMDOUCHI Hic 2575
m DOMONT Alexan 2410 0 - 1 m MAZE Sebastie 2518
f CALISTRI Tris 2382 0 - 1 g CONQUEST Stua 2522
DOURERASSOU Jon 2354 0 - 1 g PRIE Eric 2467
m LEPELLETIER B 2437 0 - 1 g FLEAR Glenn C 2470
LEPAN Marvin 2201 X - X f EDOUARD Romai 2365
ROMIEUX Sebasti 2221 X - X m LIBISZEWSKI F 2467
f PARMENTIER Xa 2299 0 - 1 mf FLEAR Christ 2212
DELORME Laurie 2064 0 - 1 gf BOGZA Adina- 2294
Round 6
Nao C.C. 3 - 2 Evry
g NIELSEN Peter 2644 X - X g KOGAN Artur 2560
g ADAMS Michael 2707 X - X g GASHIMOV Vuga 2625
g FRESSINET Lau 2625 1 - 0 m ABERGEL Thal 2426
g KARJAKIN Serg 2660 X - X g BELKHODJA Sli 2488
g BACROT Etienn 2717 0 - 1 g RELANGE Eloi 2490
g LAUTIER Joel 2682 1 - 0 g CRAMLING Pia 2515
g GRISCHUK Alex 2717 X - X m SEBAG Marie 2415
g VACHIER-LAGRA 2542 1 - 0 g MARCELIN Cyri 2441
m COLLAS Silvia 2398 0 - 1 g CHABANON Jean 2411
Mulhouse 2 - 3 Clichy
g SOKOLOV Andre 2632 0 - 1 g NAIDITSCH Ark 2657
g NAVARA David 2660 X - X g NISIPEANU Liv 2693
g WOJTASZEK Rad 2605 X - X g BAUER Christi 2627
g GEORGIEV Kiri 2645 1 - 0 g TREGUBOV Pave 2556
g SAKAEV Konsta 2649 1 - 0 g PELLETIER Yan 2579
m WIRIG Anthony 2410 0 - 1 g APICELLA Manu 2519
g BRICARD Emman 2473 X - X m KOCH Jean-Ren 2441
m RIFF Jean-Noe 2444 X - X g BAGHERI Amir 2521
mf MULLER Anne 2169 0 - 1 gf MILLIET Soph 2328
Montpellier 4 - 1 Avignon
g HAMDOUCHI Hic 2575 1 - 0 m GUIDARELLI La 2462
g FLEAR Glenn C 2470 1 - 0 MEYNARD Thibaul 2234
m HOWELL David 2486 1 - 0 m BOUDRE Jean-P 2334
m MAZE Sebastie 2518 X - X PIERONI Guillau 2158
g CONQUEST Stua 2522 1 - 0 DUQUESNOY Jean- 2242
f EDOUARD Romai 2365 X - X SALUS Stephane 2184
g PRIE Eric 2467 X - X f GREGOIRE Sylv 2261
ZHARKOV Hleb 2235 0 - 1 CLEMENT Olivier 2113
mf FLEAR Christ 2212 X - X GUADALPI Celine 1902
Drancy 3 - 3 Créteil
g KOMAROV Dimit 2516 1 - 0 m LEPELLETIER B 2437
g BUNZMANN Dimi 2537 X - X f CALISTRI Tris 2382
m KARR Jean-Phi 2379 1 - 0 DOURERASSOU Jon 2354
g LEGKY Nikolay 2453 1 - 0 m DOMONT Alexan 2410
f BERTHELOT Yan 2306 0 - 1 GOVCIYAN Pavel 2368
f BORNE Niels 2342 X - X BOUCHET Nicolas 2307
m SALAUN Yann 2335 0 - 1 BRIH Said 2224
m GIFFARD Nicol 2313 X - X ROMIEUX Sebasti 2221
WOLFANGEL Flore 1960 0 - 1 DELORME Laurie 2064
Round 7
Avignon 0 - 9 Nao C.C.
m GUIDARELLI La 2462 0 - 1 g KARJAKIN Serg 2660
f GREGOIRE Sylv 2261 0 - 1 g ADAMS Michael 2707
m BOUDRE Jean-P 2334 0 - 1 g GRISCHUK Alex 2717
BISSIERES Mathi 2206 0 - 1 g BACROT Etienn 2717
DUQUESNOY Jean- 2242 0 - 1 g LAUTIER Joel 2682
PIERONI Guillau 2158 0 - 1 g FRESSINET Lau 2625
MEYNARD Thibaul 2234 0 - 1 g NATAF Igor-Al 2553
CLEMENT Olivier 2113 0 - 1 g VACHIER-LAGRA 2542
GUADALPI Celine 1902 0 - 1 m COLLAS Silvia 2398
Créteil 1 - 8 Mulhouse
DOURERASSOU Jon 2354 1 - 0 g GEORGIEV Kiri 2645
m LEPELLETIER B 2437 0 - 1 g NAVARA David 2660
m DOMONT Alexan 2410 0 - 1 g SAKAEV Konsta 2649
f CALISTRI Tris 2382 0 - 1 g SOKOLOV Andre 2632
GOVCIYAN Pavel 2368 0 - 1 g WOJTASZEK Rad 2605
ROMIEUX Sebasti 2221 0 - 1 m RIFF Jean-Noe 2444
LEPAN Marvin 2201 0 - 1 m WIRIG Anthony 2410
BOUCHET Nicolas 2307 A - 1 g BRICARD Emman 2473
DELORME Laurie 2064 0 - 1 mf MULLER Anne 2169
Evry 3 - 3 Montpellier
g KOGAN Artur 2560 X - X g CONQUEST Stua 2522
g GASHIMOV Vuga 2625 X - X m MAZE Sebastie 2518
g BELKHODJA Sli 2488 0 - 1 g HAMDOUCHI Hic 2575
g RELANGE Eloi 2490 0 - 1 m HOWELL David 2486
m SEBAG Marie 2415 1 - 0 g PRIE Eric 2467
g CRAMLING Pia 2515 X - X g FLEAR Glenn C 2470
g CHABANON Jean 2411 0 - 1 f EDOUARD Romai 2365
g MARCELIN Cyri 2441 1 - 0 m LIBISZEWSKI F 2467
m BERGEZ Luc 2341 1 - 0 mf FLEAR Christ 2212
Clichy 5 - 2 Drancy
g NAIDITSCH Ark 2657 X - X g LEGKY Nikolay 2453
g BAUER Christi 2627 0 - 1 g KOMAROV Dimit 2516
g TREGUBOV Pave 2556 1 - 0 g BUNZMANN Dimi 2537
g APICELLA Manu 2519 0 - 1 m GIFFARD Nicol 2313
g PELLETIER Yan 2579 1 - 0 f BERTHELOT Yan 2306
g DAVID Alberto 2591 X - X m SALAUN Yann 2335
g BAGHERI Amir 2521 1 - 0 m KARR Jean-Phi 2379
m KOCH Jean-Ren 2441 1 - 0 WOLFANGEL Flore 1960
gf MILLIET Soph 2328 1 - 0 CONAN Claude 1960
Pl. Team Pts
1 Nao C.C. 21 7 36 39 3
2 Clichy 18 7 18 27 9
3 Mulhouse 16 7 15 24 9
4 Evry 15 7 14 27 13
5 Montpellier 14 7 5 22 17
6 Drancy 11 7 -15 14 29
7 Créteil 9 7 -36 7 43
8 Avignon 8 7 -37 5 42
Group B
Round 4
Strasbourg 1 - 6 Monaco
g DOETTLING Fab 2542 X - X g ALMASI Zoltan 2646
g ROZENTALIS Ed 2582 1 - 0 g SOKOLOV Ivan 2689
m VARGA Peter 2415 X - X g ELJANOV Pavel 2655
g KALLAI Gabor 2504 0 - 1 g KOSTEN Anthon 2501
f AGUETTAZ Maxi 2338 0 - 1 g DORFMAN Josif 2595
m ROOS Daniel 2410 0 - 1 g RENET Olivier 2494
m ROOS Louis 2344 0 - 1 m SKRIPCHENKO A 2461
m ROOS Jean-Luc 2294 0 - 1 g MIRALLES Gill 2485
GRAS Delphine 1956 0 - 1 g MARCIANO Davi 2513
Nice 3 - 1 Gonfreville
g DELCHEV Aleks 2661 1 - 0 g BOLOGAN Vikto 2661
g VAISSER Anato 2573 1 - 0 g DEGRAEVE Jean 2553
g AGREST Evgeni 2591 X - X g GUREVICH Mikh 2633
g NIKOLAIDIS Io 2525 X - X g RAUSIS Igors 2506
g SULAVA Nenad 2497 X - X m ELIET Nicolas 2434
m DUNIS Aurelie 2534 0 - 1 MIDOUX Sebastie 2314
m BUJISHO Benja 2386 1 - 0 m PAYEN Arnaud 2399
m SHARIF Mehrsh 2467 X - X m VALLIN Guilla 2414
mf NICOARA Mali 2237 X - X FERRY Justine 1860
Nancy 0 - 7 Cannes
f NEZAR Mustaph 2394 X - X g TKACHIEV Vlad 2642
m MARZOLO Cyril 2393 0 - 1 g KAZHGALEYEV M 2607
f SPIELMANN Ala 2284 0 - 1 g GALLAGHER Jos 2531
f TADDEI Benoit 2266 X - X g FONTAINE Robe 2524
STEININGER Deni 1952 0 - 1 m SIEBRECHT Seb 2429
AZZAM Ameziane 1947 0 - 1 m CORNETTE Matt 2388
ACHEREINER Guil 1949 0 - 1 g ANIC Darko 2467
COLLIN Serge 1499 0 - 1 m LEVACIC Damir 2283
AZZAM Radia 1499 A - 1 gf LECONTE Mari 2332
Bischwiller 4 - 3 Antibes
m BUHMANN Raine 2546 1 - 0 g KOTRONIAS Vas 2622
m SCHENK Andrea 2495 X - X g IVANISEVIC Iv 2588
g GALDUNTS Serg 2485 0 - 1 g MILADINOVIC I 2607
g PINTER Jozsef 2530 X - X g MASTROVASILIS 2573
m WAGNER Claude 2376 0 - 1 ACHER Mathieu 2354
f NETZER Jean 2362 0 - 1 BIJAOUI Manuel 2355
m MENSCH Etienn 2336 1 - 0 PEREZ Flavio 2237
HEINZ Timothee 2261 1 - 0 COCHET Caroline 2036
gf LALLEMAND Ro 2279 1 - 0 BOKIAS Iannis 2097
Round 5
Monaco 9 - 0 Nancy
g ELJANOV Pavel 2655 1 - 0 m MARZOLO Cyril 2393
g MALAKHOV Vlad 2694 1 - 0 f NEZAR Mustaph 2394
g DORFMAN Josif 2595 1 - 0 f SPIELMANN Ala 2284
g SOKOLOV Ivan 2689 1 - 0 f TADDEI Benoit 2266
g ALMASI Zoltan 2646 1 - 0 AZZAM Ameziane 1947
g MARCIANO Davi 2513 1 - 0 ACHEREINER Guil 1949
g KOSTEN Anthon 2501 1 - 0 STEININGER Deni 1952
g RENET Olivier 2494 1 - 0 AZZAM Radia 1499
m SKRIPCHENKO A 2461 1 - 0 COLLIN Serge 1499
Gonfreville 1 - 1 Bischwiller
g BOLOGAN Vikto 2661 1 - 0 m BUHMANN Raine 2546
g DEGRAEVE Jean 2553 X - X m SCHENK Andrea 2495
g GUREVICH Mikh 2633 X - X g GALDUNTS Serg 2485
g RAUSIS Igors 2506 X - X g PINTER Jozsef 2530
m PAYEN Arnaud 2399 X - X m MENSCH Etienn 2336
m VALLIN Guilla 2414 X - X m WAGNER Claude 2376
m ELIET Nicolas 2434 X - X HEINZ Timothee 2261
MIDOUX Sebastie 2314 X - X f NETZER Jean 2362
FERRY Justine 1860 0 - 1 gf LALLEMAND Ro 2279
Antibes 1 - 3 Nice
g MILADINOVIC I 2607 X - X g VAISSER Anato 2573
g MASTROVASILIS 2573 X - X g DELCHEV Aleks 2661
g KOTRONIAS Vas 2622 1 - 0 g SULAVA Nenad 2497
g IVANISEVIC Iv 2588 X - X g AGREST Evgeni 2591
BIJAOUI Manuel 2355 X - X m SHARIF Mehrsh 2467
ACHER Mathieu 2354 0 - 1 m DUNIS Aurelie 2534
PEREZ Flavio 2237 0 - 1 m BUJISHO Benja 2386
BOKIAS Iannis 2097 X - X f FELLER Sebast 2301
COCHET Caroline 2036 0 - 1 mf NICOARA Mali 2237
Cannes 2 - 3 Strasbourg
g TKACHIEV Vlad 2642 X - X g DOETTLING Fab 2542
g PALAC Mladen 2561 X - X g ROZENTALIS Ed 2582
g GALLAGHER Jos 2531 X - X m VARGA Peter 2415
g KAZHGALEYEV M 2607 X - X g KALLAI Gabor 2504
g FONTAINE Robe 2524 1 - 0 f AGUETTAZ Maxi 2338
m SIEBRECHT Seb 2429 0 - 1 m ROOS Daniel 2410
m CORNETTE Matt 2388 0 - 1 m ROOS Louis 2344
g ANIC Darko 2467 0 - 1 m ROOS Jean-Luc 2294
gf LECONTE Mari 2332 1 - 0 GRAS Delphine 1956
Round 6
Bischwiller 0 - 7 Monaco
m BUHMANN Raine 2546 X - X g MALAKHOV Vlad 2694
g PINTER Jozsef 2530 0 - 1 g SOKOLOV Ivan 2689
m SCHENK Andrea 2495 X - X g ELJANOV Pavel 2655
f SCHMITT Andre 2282 0 - 1 g ALMASI Zoltan 2646
m WAGNER Claude 2376 0 - 1 m SKRIPCHENKO A 2461
m MENSCH Etienn 2336 0 - 1 g RENET Olivier 2494
HEINZ Timothee 2261 0 - 1 g MIRALLES Gill 2485
gf LALLEMAND Ro 2279 0 - 1 g KOSTEN Anthon 2501
MARX Nicolas 2090 0 - 1 g MARCIANO Davi 2513
Nancy 0 - 7 Gonfreville
m MARZOLO Cyril 2393 0 - 1 g BOLOGAN Vikto 2661
m COLLAS Didier 2443 X - X g DEGRAEVE Jean 2553
f NEZAR Mustaph 2394 0 - 1 g GUREVICH Mikh 2633
f TADDEI Benoit 2266 X - X g RAUSIS Igors 2506
f SPIELMANN Ala 2284 0 - 1 m ELIET Nicolas 2434
STEININGER Deni 1952 0 - 1 m PAYEN Arnaud 2399
AZZAM Ameziane 1947 0 - 1 MIDOUX Sebastie 2314
ACHEREINER Guil 1949 0 - 1 m VALLIN Guilla 2414
AZZAM Radia 1499 0 - 1 FERRY Justine 1860
Nice 4 - 3 Cannes
g DELCHEV Aleks 2661 1 - 0 g KAZHGALEYEV M 2607
g SULAVA Nenad 2497 0 - 1 g TKACHIEV Vlad 2642
g VAISSER Anato 2573 1 - 0 g FONTAINE Robe 2524
m SHARIF Mehrsh 2467 X - X g PALAC Mladen 2561
g NIKOLAIDIS Io 2525 1 - 0 g GALLAGHER Jos 2531
m DUNIS Aurelie 2534 1 - 0 g ANIC Darko 2467
m BUJISHO Benja 2386 X - X m CORNETTE Matt 2388
f FELLER Sebast 2301 0 - 1 m SIEBRECHT Seb 2429
mf NICOARA Mali 2237 0 - 1 gf LECONTE Mari 2332
Strasbourg 2 - 4 Antibes
g DOETTLING Fab 2542 X - X g MASTROVASILIS 2573
g ROZENTALIS Ed 2582 0 - 1 g IVANISEVIC Iv 2588
g KALLAI Gabor 2504 X - X g MILADINOVIC I 2607
m VARGA Peter 2415 X - X g KOTRONIAS Vas 2622
m ROOS Louis 2344 1 - 0 BIJAOUI Manuel 2355
m ROOS Daniel 2410 0 - 1 ACHER Mathieu 2354
m ROOS Jean-Luc 2294 0 - 1 PEREZ Flavio 2237
f AGUETTAZ Maxi 2338 0 - 1 BOKIAS Iannis 2097
GRAS Delphine 1956 1 - 0 COCHET Caroline 2036
Round 7
Monaco 4 - 1 Nice
g ELJANOV Pavel 2655 X - X g DELCHEV Aleks 2661
g SOKOLOV Ivan 2689 1 - 0 g AGREST Evgeni 2591
g MALAKHOV Vlad 2694 X - X g NIKOLAIDIS Io 2525
g ALMASI Zoltan 2646 1 - 0 m SHARIF Mehrsh 2467
g RENET Olivier 2494 X - X g SULAVA Nenad 2497
g DORFMAN Josif 2595 0 - 1 m DUNIS Aurelie 2534
g MIRALLES Gill 2485 1 - 0 m BUJISHO Benja 2386
g MARCIANO Davi 2513 X - X f FELLER Sebast 2301
m SKRIPCHENKO A 2461 1 - 0 mf NICOARA Mali 2237
Gonfreville 2 - 1 Strasbourg
g BOLOGAN Vikto 2661 1 - 0 g DOETTLING Fab 2542
g DEGRAEVE Jean 2553 X - X g ROZENTALIS Ed 2582
g GUREVICH Mikh 2633 1 - 0 g KALLAI Gabor 2504
g RAUSIS Igors 2506 X - X m VARGA Peter 2415
m ELIET Nicolas 2434 X - X m ROOS Louis 2344
m PAYEN Arnaud 2399 0 - 1 m ROOS Daniel 2410
MIDOUX Sebastie 2314 X - X m ROOS Jean-Luc 2294
m VALLIN Guilla 2414 X - X f AGUETTAZ Maxi 2338
FERRY Justine 1860 X - X GRAS Delphine 1956
Cannes 5 - 0 Bischwiller
g TKACHIEV Vlad 2642 X - X m SCHENK Andrea 2495
g PALAC Mladen 2561 X - X g PINTER Jozsef 2530
g KAZHGALEYEV M 2607 X - X m BUHMANN Raine 2546
g FONTAINE Robe 2524 1 - 0 m WAGNER Claude 2376
m SIEBRECHT Seb 2429 1 - 0 f SCHMITT Andre 2282
g GALLAGHER Jos 2531 1 - 0 HEINZ Timothee 2261
g ANIC Darko 2467 1 - 0 m MENSCH Etienn 2336
m CORNETTE Matt 2388 X - X gf LALLEMAND Ro 2279
gf LECONTE Mari 2332 1 - 0 MARX Nicolas 2090
Antibes 8 - 0 Nancy
g IVANISEVIC Iv 2588 1 - 0 m COLLAS Didier 2443
g MILADINOVIC I 2607 X - X m MARZOLO Cyril 2393
g KOTRONIAS Vas 2622 1 - 0 f NEZAR Mustaph 2394
g MASTROVASILIS 2573 1 - 0 f TADDEI Benoit 2266
ACHER Mathieu 2354 1 - 0 f SPIELMANN Ala 2284
BIJAOUI Manuel 2355 1 - 0 STEININGER Deni 1952
PEREZ Flavio 2237 1 - 0 ACHEREINER Guil 1949
BOKIAS Iannis 2097 1 - 0 AZZAM Ameziane 1947
COCHET Caroline 2036 1 - 0 AZZAM Radia 1499
Pl. Team Pts
1 Monaco 21 7 34 40 6
2 Bischwiller 15 7 -7 14 21
3 Nice 15 7 1 16 15
4 Gonfreville 15 7 6 19 13
5 Cannes 14 7 8 25 17
6 Nancy 12 7 -29 7 36
7 Antibes 11 7 -1 22 23
8 Strasbourg 9 7 -12 11 23
The 7th European Individual Chess Championships take place 4th - 17th
April 2006, in Kusadasi, Turkey.
Game start daily 14:00. Rest day: 11th April. Time control: 90 min./40
+ 30 min./rest + 30 sec./move. Tiebreaks for Championship, medal places and
qualifiers for WCC. Participants: Ivanchuk, Delchev, Naiditsch, Aleksandrov,
Izoria, Sakaev, Asrian, Georgiev, Krasenkov, Gurevich, Fressinet, Kotronias,
Kempinski, Atalik, Galkin, Jobava, Socko, Lutz, Pantsulaia, Belov, Fedorov,
Graf, Sargissian, Anastasian, Kozul. Total prize fund is 48,000 Euro.
Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr/
The Victor Ciocaltea Memorial took place in Bucharest 8th-20th March
2006. Andrei Murariu won the event with 8/12. Games from rounds 10-13 now
available.
Official site:
http://www.romanianchess.org/turnee/Memorial%20Victor%20Ciocaltea.htm
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1. Murariu, Andrei m ROM 2461 * = = = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2639
2. Lupulescu, Constantin m ROM 2513 = * 1 = = 1 0 = = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2567
3. Sanduleac, Vasile m MDA 2473 = 0 * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 8.0 2570
4. Badea, Bela g ROM 2492 = = = * = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 8.0 2568
5. Carmaciu, Lucian-Catalin f ROM 2400 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 = 0 1 1 7.0 2508
6. Pap, Misa m SCG 2402 1 0 = 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2508
7. Shishkin, Vadim UKR m UKR 2545 = 1 0 = = = * = 1 = = 0 1 6.5 2468
8. Barnaure, Vlad-Victor f ROM 2416 0 = 0 = = = = * 0 1 = 1 1 6.0 2450
9. Golubev, Mikhail g UKR 2499 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 * = 1 = 1 5.0 2386
10. Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2463 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 = * = = = 4.0 2321
11. Ionescu, Mihai m ROM 2389 0 = 0 0 1 0 = = 0 = * 0 = 3.5 2294
12. Lemmers, Oscar m NED 2425 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = 1 * 0 3.5 2291
13. Chirila, Ioan Cristian f ROM 2339 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 2.5 2226
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The Dutch Team Championship Meesterklasse takes place 24th September
2005 - 23rd April 2006. After eight rounds HSG (Loek van Wely, Predrag Nikolic,
Yasser Seirawa, Friso Nijboer, Daniel Stellwagen, Jan Smeets, Erwin l' Ami,
Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Ian Rogers etc ) lead by a point from their only serious
rivals U-Boat Worx (Ivan Sokolov, Michael Adams, Jan Timman, Laurent Fressinet,
Sergei Movsesian, Vladimir Chuchelov, Mikhail Gurevich etc) by a point with a
round to go. They met on March 25th in round 8 and drew 5-5. Although the final
standings are established by a playoff amongst the top four teams at the end of
the season. Games now available.
Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/ - Meesterklasse
Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/
Also some interesting material at:
http://www.thewildknights.nl./
including Ian Rogers on his win against Jan Timman. In Dutch but with English
version if you click on the flag.
Ronde 8 - 25th March 2006
Hotels.nl - Post jr/ESGOO 6 - 4
Homburg Apeldoorn - Stukkenjagers 8 - 1 *
SO Rotterdam - LSG 6 - 4
U-Boat Worx - HSG 5 - 5
HMC Calder - HWP Sas van Gent 7 - 3
Pl Meesterklasse Mp Bp
1. HSG 15 57
2. U-Boat Worx 14 53
3. Hotels.nl 10 45
4. SO Rotterdam 10 43
5. LSG 9 38
6. Post jr/ESGOO 8 37
7. HMC Calder 6 39
8. Homburg Apeldoorn 6 37
9. HWP Sas van Gent 2 29
10. Stukkenjagers 0 21
The Torre ENTEL PCS tournament takes place in Santiago, Chile 22nd-29th
March 2006. The computer program Rybka (http://www.rybkachess.com/) competed and
scored 9/11 although it didn't count in the official final standings. Those
were headed by Julio Granda Zuniga who was half a point clear of Emilio
Cordova.
Official site: http://ajedrez.123.cl/index.php
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1. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2631 * 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2661
2. Cordova, Emilio m PER 2440 0 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2628
3. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2607 = 1 * 1 = = = 0 1 1 6.0 2569
4. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2575 1 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2572
5. Hellsten, Johan g SWE 2574 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2527
6. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2405 = 0 = = = * 0 1 0 1 4.0 2423
7. Rojas, Luis m CHI 2423 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 0 = 1 3.0 2339
8. Flores Rios, Mauricio f CHI 2332 0 0 1 0 = 0 1 * 0 0 2.5 2308
9. Arancibia, Eduardo CHI 2409 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 2.5 2300
10. Alvarez Nunez, Julian CHI 2208 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 2.0 2268
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. RYBKA ---- * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2826
2. Cordova, Emilio m PER 2440 = * 0 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2565
3. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2631 0 1 * 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2546
4. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2575 = 0 1 * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2512
5. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2607 0 1 = 1 * = = = 0 1 1 6.0 2471
6. Hellsten, Johan g SWE 2574 0 = 0 = = * = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2439
7. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2405 0 0 = = = = * 0 1 0 1 4.0 2347
8. Rojas, Luis m CHI 2423 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 0 = 1 3.0 2269
9. Flores Rios, Mauricio f CHI 2332 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 * 0 0 2.5 2234
10. Arancibia, Eduardo CHI 2409 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 2.5 2226
11. Alvarez Nunez, Julian CHI 2208 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 2.0 2199
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The 22nd Spring Festival Open took place in Budapest 23rd-31st March
2006. Jouni Yrjola and Nguyen Huynh Minh H finished on 7/9 with the former
having the better tie-break.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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22nd Spring Festival Open Budapest HUN (HUN), 23-31 iii 2006
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1. Yrjola, Jouni g FIN 2396 7.0 52.0 39.50 36.5 2396 2433 +0.34
2. Nguyen Huynh Minh H f VIE 2217 7.0 48.5 35.25 40.5 2217 2466 +2.86
3. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2312 6.5 51.5 36.00 34.5 2312 2394 +0.92
4. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2374 6.5 51.0 32.75 33.0 2374 2362 -0.10
5. Leviczki, Tibor f HUN 2311 6.5 49.0 34.50 33.0 2311 2370 +0.65
6. Szamoskozi, Gabor HUN 2245 6.5 49.0 33.50 32.5 2245 2383 +1.64
7. Szell, Lajos f HUN 2198 6.0 51.0 32.75 34.5 2198 2388 +2.31
8. Hess, Christian1 f GER 2320 6.0 49.0 30.50 32.5 2320 2304 -0.21
9. Mitscherling, Andreas f GER 2247 6.0 47.5 29.25 32.0 2247 2307 +0.69
10. Duong The Anh f VIE 2287 6.0 46.5 27.25 33.0 2287 2325 +0.42
11. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2291 5.5 47.0 27.50 31.5 2291 2314 +0.28
12. Moriuchi, Toshiyuki JPN 2282 5.5 46.5 33.00 22.5 2282 2412 +0.50
13. Bjornsson, Tomas f ISL 2213 5.5 46.0 26.25 30.0 2213 2254 +0.55
14. To Nhat Minh HUN 2175 5.5 45.5 24.75 27.0 2175 2189 +0.18
15. Keschitz, Gyorgy HUN 2281 5.5 45.0 24.75 28.5 2281 2254 -0.35
16. Bednay, Bence HUN 2231 5.5 43.5 29.00 29.0 2231 2262 +0.30
17. Karim, Ismael MAR 2234 5.5 42.5 27.75 29.0 2234 2317 +0.86
18. Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2145 5.0 48.0 24.50 27.0 2145 2162 +0.13
77 players
The First Saturday tournaments for April take place 1st-11th April 2006.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
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FSGM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-11 iv 2006 cat. VIII (2433)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2545 * . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2526 . * . . . . . = . . . . 0.5 2411
3. Hera, Imre jr HUN 2443 . . * = . . . . . . . . 0.5 2480
4. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2480 . . = * . . . . . . . . 0.5 2443
5. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2476 . . . . * . . . . . = . 0.5 2326
6. Pap, Gyula HUN 2393 . . . . . * . . . = . . 0.5 2447
7. Pataki, Gyozo HUN 2375 . . . . . . * . = . . . 0.5 2400
8. Sendur, Adnan m TUR 2411 . = . . . . . * . . . . 0.5 2526
9. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2400 . . . . . . = . * . . . 0.5 2375
10. Szabo, Krisztian1 m HUN 2447 . . . . . = . . . * . . 0.5 2393
11. Morrison, Graham SCO f SCO 2326 . . . . = . . . . . * . 0.5 2476
12. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2372 0 . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The traditional Beer-Sheva was held in a 3 days rapid format (25
minutes + 10 seconds increment) March 19th-21st 2006.
Final standings: 1.-2. GM A. Khuzman & GM B. Avrukh 8/11 ; 3. GM V.
Golod 7 4. GM M. Roiz 6.5 5.-6. GM V. Korchnoi & GM A. Greenfeld 6 7.-8. IM
I. Khmelniker & GM Ma. Tseitlin 5 9. GM S. Dvoiris 4.5 10. IM A. Vydeslaver
4 11. IM S. Umarov 3.5 12. IM M. Klenburg 2.5 Korchnoi started the tournament
with 3 consecutive defeats however did not lose a single game afterwards.News:
Yochanan Afek.
A couple of games have been found.
Frascati, a nice little town near Roma is held its 2nd International
Chess Week. There was a fide round robin tournament with Romanishin, Sergey
Kasparov, Godena, etc. Branko Damljanovic won the event with 7/9 half a point
clear of Ferenc Berkes. News: Adolivio Capece.
Official site: http://www.frascatiscacchi.it
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It Frascati ITA (ITA), 24 iii-2 iv 2006 cat. IX (2474)
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1. Damljanovic, Branko g SCG 2615 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2678
2. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2597 = * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2626
3. Godena, Michele g ITA 2505 = = * 1 0 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2595
4. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2491 = = 0 * 1 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2552
5. Dervishi, Erald g ALB 2491 0 0 1 0 * = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2552
6. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2552 = 0 = 1 = * = = 1 = 5.0 2508
7. Brunello, Sabino f ITA 2301 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 = 0 3.0 2368
8. Bruno, Fabio m ITA 2409 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1 3.0 2356
9. Mogranzini, Roberto f ITA 2370 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 2.0 2265
10. Ronchetti, Niccolo' f ITA 2411 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 1.5 2208
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The Belgian interteams concluded on 26th March 2006 with Eynatten 1
taking the title. Full round up next week. News: Valery Maes.
Official site: http://users.pandora.be/vmaes/interclub/
Final Round 11 Standings:
1 Eynatten1 64,5
2 Rochade 56
3 CREC 51
4 KBSK 45
5 KGSRL 44,5
6 Eynatten2 44
7 Temse 41
8 CRELEL 38,5
9 Borgerhout 37
10 CE Namur 37
11 J.Jaurès 35,5
12 SK Deurne 34
The Austrian Team Championships took place 18th November 2005 - 26th
March 2006. Styria Graz - Kl.Zeitung won the event (Robert Ruck, Robert Markus
and Zoltan Ribli were part of the team.).
Official site:
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.asp?tnr=2315&art=2&lan=1
Final Standings:
Rk. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Styria Graz - Kl.Zeitung * 3 3 2½ 4½ 4 3 3½ 4 3½ 4 5 40.0 24 0
2 ASVÖ Wulkaprodersdorf 3 * 3½ 4 3 2 3½ 2 5½ 4½ 3½ 4½ 39.0 23 4
3 SpG Holz Dohr - Semriach 3 2½ * 4 2½ 3 5 4 3½ 3½ 4 4 39.0 23 2
4 SK Hohenems 3½ 2 2 * 3½ 3 3 4 4 4½ 4½ 5 39.0 23 0
5 Union Ansfelden 1½ 3 3½ 2½ * 2½ 2½ 4 4 4½ 5½ 5½ 39.0 19 0
6 SC Die Klagenfurter 2 4 3 3 3½ * 2½ 3 3½ 2½ 4 5 36.0 18 0
7 SK Sparkasse Jenbach 3 2½ 1 3 3½ 3½ * 3 3 2½ 3½ 3½ 32.0 16 0
8 SK Kl.Ztg. MPÖ Maria Saal 2½ 4 2 2 2 3 3 * 2 2½ 4½ 4 31.5 11 0
9 SV Sparkasse Schwarzach 2 ½ 2½ 2 2 2½ 3 4 * 3½ 4½ 4 30.5 13 0
10 SC Admiral Spk Fürstenfeld 2½ 1½ 2½ 1½ 1½ 3½ 3½ 3½ 2½ * 2 2½ 27.0 9 0
11 SV Tschaturanga Neubau 2 2½ 2 1½ ½ 2 2½ 1½ 1½ 4 * 3 23.0 4 0
12 SK Sparkasse Götzis 1 1½ 2 1 ½ 1 2½ 2 2 3½ 3 * 20.0 4 0
The 2nd Bundesliga West 2005/2006 organised by the
Österreichischer Schachbund took place 8th October 2005 - 19th March 2006.
Absam/ISK (Thomas Luther) took clear first. Austrian Team Championship second
division.
Official site:
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.asp?tnr=2376&lan=1
Rk. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TB1 TB2
1 Absam/ISK * 3 3½ 4 3½ 3 4 3½ 3½ 4½ 6 5½ 44.0 29
2 Zillertal 3 * 3½ 3½ 2½ 4 4½ 4½ 4 3½ 4½ 5½ 43.0 28
3 Innsbruck Rochade 2½ 2½ * 4 3½ 3½ 2½ 3 3 5 3 5½ 38.0 18
4 Wörgl 2 2½ 2 * 3 3½ 3½ 3 4 5 3½ 5 37.0 20
5 Hohenems II 2½ 3½ 2½ 3 * 2½ 3 4 3½ 4½ 3 4 36.0 18
6 Mozart 1910 3 2 2½ 2½ 3½ * 3½ 3½ 3½ 3½ 3 2 32.5 17
7 Lustenau 2 1½ 3½ 2½ 3 2½ * 1½ 4 3½ 4 4½ 32.5 16
8 Wüstenrot Inter Sbg Süd 2½ 1½ 3 3 2 2½ 4½ * 2½ 2½ 4½ 3½ 32.0 11
9 ATSV Ranshofen 2½ 2 3 2 2½ 2½ 2 3½ * 2½ 4 4 30.5 10
10 Bregenz 1½ 2½ 1 1 1½ 2½ 2½ 3½ 3½ * 2½ 4½ 26.5 9
11 ASK Salzburg 0 1½ 3 2½ 3 3 2 1½ 2 3½ * 4 26.0 9
12 Lochau ½ ½ ½ 1 2 4 1½ 2½ 2 1½ 2 * 18.0 3
The Estonian Championships took place 5th-19th March 2006. Tarvo Seeman
won a playoff against Olav Sepp to take the title. Two players in the men's
event don't appear to have international ratings, there is a Russian with a
similar name to Kalinitshev but I couldn't find an Artium in the Estonian
rating list.
Official site: http://www.maleliit.ee
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1. Sepp, Olav m EST 2464 * = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2403
2. Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2422 = * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2408
3. Liiva, Riho m EST 2411 = = * 0 = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2323
4. Volodin, Aleksandr EST 2244 0 0 1 * 1 = = = 1 1 5.5 2342
5. Lauk, Ular f EST 2377 = = = 0 * = = = = 1 4.5 2247
6. Danilov, Nikolai EST 2223 = = = = = * = 0 = = 4.0 2221
7. Kalinitshev,Andrei EST ---- 0 = = = = = * = = = 4.0 2246
8. Vovk, Ilja EST 2196 0 0 0 = = 1 = * = = 3.5 2187
9. Jeremejev,Artjom EST ---- = 0 0 0 = = = = * = 3.0 2164
10. Schuls, Olev f EST 2267 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = * 2.0 2039
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Seeman, Tarvo - Sepp, Olav 1-0 44 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Sepp, Olav - Seeman, Tarvo 1/2 44 A52 Budapest Defence Main Line
ch-EST Playoff Tallinn EST (EST), 5-10 iii 2006
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1 2
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Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2422 1 = 1.5 2657
Sepp, Olav m EST 2464 0 = 0.5 2229
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ch-EST w Tallinn EST (EST), 5-10 iii 2006
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Gansvind, Valeriya I wf RUS 2247 * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2304
2. Bashkite, Viktoria wm EST 2217 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2254
3. Tsiganova, Monika wm EST 2282 = = * = 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2247
4. Piarnpuu, Leili wm EST 2174 = = = * = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2218
5. Fomina, Tatyana wm EST 2196 = 0 1 = * 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2170
6. Vahtra, Tuuli EST 1932 = 0 0 = 1 * = 1 1 1 5.5 2199
7. Laesson, Tuulikki wm EST 2222 0 = 0 = 0 = * = = 1 3.5 2007
8. Airapetjan,Jana EST ---- 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = 2.5 1946
9. Makarova, Natalja EST 1741 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1.5 1868
10. Kaos,Kreete EST ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 1668
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For the first time the annual Phillips 66 Open was Fide rated. There
were 5 FIDE players competing with 26 players overall in this two day event
that took place in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA. Event which took place in the
historic Hotel Phillips was organized and directed by Steve Wharry and drew
players from 4 states. 16 yr old Chris Claassen won with a score of 4-0
followed by Jim Berry, George Trammell, William Orton and Larry Broukal each
with 3-1. Marvin Lee and Dennis Glascock received FIDE rating norms. Reported
by Frank Berry.
Official site: http://www.okchess.org/
2006 Phillips 66 FIDE Open
3/25,26/2006
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA
40-2, SD-1
1 Chris Claassen USA 2069 4.0
2 Jim Berry USA 2151 3
3 William Orton USA 2147 3
4 George Trammell USA 2075 3
5 Larry Broukal USA 3
26 players
The V Dos Hermanas Open takes place 30th March - 7th April 2006. Jesus
De la Villa Garcia, Daniel Campora and Vladimir Burmakin lead on 4/4.
http://www.doshermanas.net/
and http://www.ajedreznd.com/2006/doshermanas.html
Both Presidential tickets for the upcoming FIDE Elections in Turin now
have websites.
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov:
http://www.chessfidelity.com
Bessel Kok: http://www.rightmove06.org
15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International
15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International Dates: 23 September - 1
October 2006 Venue: Ocean Castle Hotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man Total Prize
Fund: £17,500
Three sections: (1) Masters (9-round FIDE Rated swiss, ACP registered,
GM/IM norms achievable, first prize £3,000) (2) Under 2000 / ECF grade
175 (7 round swiss, starts 25 Sept) (3) Under 1640 / ECF grade 130 (7 round
swiss, starts 25 Sept)
Confirmed entries so far include nine 2600+ rated players (Korneev,
Efimenko, Kobalia, Krasenkow, Volkov, Socko, Shabalov, Khenkin, Iordachescu,
Landa) plus US women's champion Anna Zatonskih, etc.
For entry details, consult the tournament website (
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2006/index.html)
or contact tournament director Dennis Hemsley, 3 Links Avenue, Port St Mary,
Isle of Man IM9 5EY, tel. 44(0)1624 833742, fax 44(0)1624 833583, email
chess@manx.net
Dutch Championship Semi-Finals
The Dutch Championship takes place in Hilversum 16th June - 2nd July
2006.
Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2006/
Men's Event
1. Ivan Sokolov Lelystad 2676 GM
2. Sergei Tiviakov Groningen 2669 GM
3. Loek van Wely Tilburg 2655 GM
4. Jan Timman Amsterdam 2616 GM
5. Friso Nijboer Amsterdam 2584 GM
6. Erwin l' Ami Woerden 2565 GM
7. Daniel Stellwagen Soest 2543 GM
8. Jan Smeets Oegstgeest 2535 GM
9. Jan Werle Groningen 2529 GM - elect
10. John van der Wiel Voorschoten 2511 GM
11. Yge Visser Groningen 2480 IM
12. Jeroen Bosch Nijmegen 2465 IM
Women's Championship
1. Zhao Qin Peng Rotterdam 2395 GM
2. Tea Lanchava Winschoten 2380 IM
3. Petra Schuurman Eindhoven 2258 FM
4. Bianca Muhren Rosmalen 2253 WIM
5. Marlies Bensdorp Maarssen 2251 WIM
6. Linda Jap Tjoen San Den Haag 2191 WIM
7. Mariska Bertholee-de Mie Haarlem2153
8. Arlette van Weersel Etten Leur 2148
9. Maartje de Jonge Utrecht 2136
10. Pauline van Nies Zoetermeer 2107
Open Internet Chess Blitz Cup 2006
Central Chess Club, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the Chess Assistant Club
invites chess players and chess clubs from your country to take part in the
Open Internet chess blitz Cup dedicated to 50 year jubilee of the Central Chess
Club (Moscow) for the prizes of FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
The prize-winning fund of the Cup makes 10 000 USD that will be played
off in 10 qualifying tournaments (April 1 - May 3) and 2 final tournaments (May
6 and 10). The closing ceremony and winners rewarding will be made by Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov in May during the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (Italy).
The Cup tournaments will be held at Chess Assistant playing zone
(www.ChessAssistant.com).
E-mail for contacts: info@chessassistantclub.com
Regulations: http://www.chessassistantclub.com/botv_50.html
Christophe Bouton Chess Blog
Christophe Bouton has started a chess blog in French at:
http://echecs64.blog.20minutes.fr/
Topalov vs Nisipeanu match
Topalov vs Nisipeanu match will take place between April 6 and 9. There
will be 4 games, each game will start at 13.30 CET. Time control is 40 moves /
2hours then 20 moves / 1 hour then 15 min and 30sec/move for the rest of the
game.
Live coverage on http://www.chess-romania.ro
PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Tournament
www.playchess.com is holding the annual PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess
Tournament (advanced chess) on 18th-19th March (main tourney) and 8th-9th April
(final).
The first leg of the second PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Tournament, which
carries a prize fund of $16,000, was won by an unknown player with the
Playchess handle Vvarkey. He scored 7.5 points from 8 games (before the last
round his score was 7/7).
Behind Vvarkey were six players with six points each. So all seven
automatically qualified for the final round, which will be played out on April
8th and 9th, 2006. Amongst the qualified programs is Hydra, the multi-processor
hardware system developed in the United Arab Emirates. Its handle is Zor_Champ.
Rajlich,Rybka, which is the Rybka program run by its author Vas Rajlich,
qualified, as did Correspondence Chess GM Arno Nickel, playing under the name
Ciron.
The details:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2950
Prizefund: The winner of the finals gets the first prize of US $8,000
and the title of "Second PAL/CSS Freestyle Chess Champion". The runner-up gets
$4,000, the third place gets $2,000. There will be special software prizes
totalling US $1,000 for the places 4-8
Galati Chess Open
Galati Chess Open 26th of April to 3rd of May. The open is part of
Romanian Ches Grand Prix 2006. 9 rounds. At least 7000 Euro in cash prizes. GMs
please ask for conditions. Contact info: Doru Ionescu contact@chess-romania.ro,
+40 742 064 336. Website http://www.chess-romania.ro.
Jonathan Speelman charity chess simultaneous
Jonathan Speelman is playing a charity chess simultaneous for the
Seafarers UK on Saturday April 22nd. 2006. The venue will be HMS BELFAST, a
floating museum on the Thames moored opposite the Tower of London. Registration
for the event will begin from 12 noon for a 1pm start. All chess enthusiasts,
including club players, are invited to join in. Players are asked to donate
£25. They should contact Hugh Breidenbach on 07808 067049 or
wafu@orange.net for a reference number, and can then pay online using the
fundraising webpage http://www.justgiving.com/bridey
Only 40 places are available. The event will take 3-4 hours. Tea and
coffee will be served from the cash bar in the playing This will benefit
SEAFARERS UK, supporting survivors of accidents in the fishing fleet, which
suffers 10 lost vessels and 2 fatalities each month, and also those invalided
out of the Merchant Navy and Royal Navy/Royal Marines who would be
disadvantaged or homeless without their help.
These details can also be found on the English Chess Federation website
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/
(Directly to the document download at:
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/national/2006/seafareres-uk-simul_feb06.doc)
Seafarers UK is also known as King George?s Fund for Sailors,
registered charity number 226446. You can find out more about them at
http://www.kgfs.org.uk
4th Solingen chess weeks
The 4th Solingen chess weeks will be held in Solingen (Germany) June
10th- June 18th. Festival consists of Blitz tournament (June 10th, 22 games (11
rounds with 2 games));
Rapid Tournament (9 rounds, 20 min/game) will take place June 11th.
Main tournaments are two Open from June 15th to 18th; 7 rounds Swiss
system 2h/40+ 1h/ Rest; A-tournament is open for all players and Elo-rated. Top
prizes 800/500/400 euros
B-tournament is open for all players with a rating below 2000; top
prizes 300/200/150 euros
Further information: Andreas Peschel: 0175-5912407;
peschel@schachgesellschaft.de
Tournament site: http://www.schachwochen.de
Czech Tour 2006/2007
There is new information about the Czech Tour 2006/2007 including:
CZECH OPEN 2006 17th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games
European Amateurs Championship in Chess Pardubice 13th-30th July 2006, Czech
Republic
2nd WORLD SCHOOL CHESS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP Tournaments for school chess
teams in categories U12, U14, U16 Pardubice, July 12th-20th, 2006
6th ZNOJMO OPEN (the Dukla hotel and Monastery of Louka) 13th-21st May
2006 .
9th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (the Sigma hotel) 2nd-10th August 2006.
3rd HIGHLANDS OPEN (Havlickuv Brod, the Slunce hotel) 23rd September -
1st October 2006.
7th LIBEREC OPEN (the Liberec hotel) 11th-18th November 2006.
6th PRAGUE OPEN (TOP HOTEL Praha) 11th-18th January 2007.
6th MARIENBAD OPEN (the Evropa hotel) 19th-27th January 2007.
Further details: http://www.czechtour.net or Dr. Jan Mazuch,
Director of CZECH OPEN & CZECH TOUR - j.mazuch@avekont.cz
In addition there is the 27th Tournament of Chess Hopes and 17th
Pobeskydi Tournament organised by the town of Frydek-Mistek 13th-17th April
2006.
Further details: http://www.chessfm.cz
Computer chess calendar
New updates to the Computer chess calendar with the latest official
computer chess tournaments and an updated PGN database. The latest events
added:
01. CCT-8 2006, Rybka won
02. IPCCC 2005, Rybka won
03. Dutch-open 2005, Zappa won
04. WCCC, Zappa won
05. Australasian NCC-ch 2005, Bodo won
06. Polish-ch, Gosu won
Next events are: 06th International CSVN Tournament Leiden, 2006-05-05
up to 2006-05-07 14th WCCC Torino, 2006-05-25 up to 2006-06-01 Please note: The
information are now again available under the older domain:
http://www.amateurschach.de
(selection: CC-Calendar).
The *.pgn database with official computer chess tournaments have now
8.673 games and 726 games from older tournaments (time before 1990).
21st North Sea Cup
The Esbjerg Chess Union organises the 21st North Sea Cup July 8th-15th
2006.
Further information and registration: Jens Nielsen, Storegade 66, 6700
Esbjerg, (+45)75123975, e-mail: Jerneif@get2net.dk. Registration not later than
Sunday July 2nd.
Further details: http://www.northseacup.dk/nsc2006/2index.htm
16th Chess Tournament of Pobeskydi
16th Chess Tournament of Pobeskydi takes place 13th March - 17th April
2005 in Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. There will be at least two tournaments.
Round-robin with possibility to achieve IM and WGM norm and FIDE Open.
Details: http://www.chessfm.cz/
Memorialul Pius Brinzeu
The Memorial Pius Brinzeu Open takes place in Timisoara, 18th-26th March
2006.
Official site: http://ajsahtimis.ro/
Listed players:
1. Nevednichy Vladislav GM ROM 2581 1969
2. Malaniuk Vladimyr GM UKR 2532 1957
3. Chatalbashev Boris GM BUL 2494 1974
4. Bogdan Dan IM ROM 2441 1972
5. Berescu Alin IM ROM 2433 1980
6. Grunberg Mihai IM ROM 2416 1976
7. Grecescu Gabriel CM ROM 2386 1986
8. Colin Vincent IM FRA 2374 1980
9. Bylino Oleg FM UKR 2316 1939
10. Bach Adrian FM ROM 2287 1961
11. Dragomirescu Calin FM ROM 2259 1963
12. Dragomirescu Angela WIM ROM 2255 1973
13. Petrisor Adrian ROM 2078 1992
14. Dragomirescu Robin ROM 2066 1993
15. Craciun Paula ROM 2014 1989
16. Chirita Marius ROM 1987 1982
17. Miu Paul Vlad ROM 1986 1993
18. Clitan Zaharia ROM 1973 1987
19. Lolici Iselin ROM 1945 1993
30th Blackpool Chess Conference
The 30th Blackpool Chess Conference took place 10th-12th March 2006.
Open results Results from the 30th Blackpool Chess Conference, 10-12 March
2006, held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England 1st= on 4.5/5 GM Mark
Hebden & John Merriman £550 each 3rd Lawrence Trent 4/5 £200
Official site: http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk/
Hungarian tournaments April-December 2006
1. 23rd- 31st of March 22nd Budapest SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss
Open org.: NL.
2. 1st-14th of April, GM-IM-FM round robins, 9-13 games, norm
possibilities, in Budapest, Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd
floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/,
E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other
website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until
midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour/..
3. 15th-23rd of April Kecskemet, IM tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas,
e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually
also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km South from
Budapest.
4. 6th - 18th of May, Budapest, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, org.NL.
5.. 20th-30th of May, Budapest, ELEKES memorial GM-IM closed tmt,
org.IM Zsinka, e-mail: zsinkala@axelero.hu
6. 19th-27th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, Info: IM Horvath,
Tamas, e-mail: mssz@zalaszam.hu website: www.csutisk.hu
7. 3rd-16th of June, FIRST SATURDAY GM /cat.VII and cat IX together/ -
IM-FM closed tournaments, Budapest, Org.NL.
8.. 17th-25th of June, BALATONLELLE Open, GM-IM closed, 130 km West
from Budapest, org. IM RIGO, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu Website:
www.lellechess.tar.hu
9.. 1st-13th of July, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM closed, Bp. Org.NL,
10. 15th-23rd of July, AGRIA Open 9 rounds Swiss, Eger, 100 km North
from Budapest, Org. RAUCH Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
11.. 24th-30th of July, SZOMBATHELY SUMMER Open 9 rounds Swiss, 300 km
West from Budapest, Org: FM KORPICS, Zsolt, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu
13. 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY, Bp, GM /cat.XII-IX-VII/ - IM-FM
closed, Org: NL.
14. 21st -29th of August, TALENTUM Kupa, Open, Zamárdi , org.
Valis János. E-mail: husi_sc@hu.inter.net
15. 2nd-14th of September FS GM-IM Budapest, org.Nagy
László
16. 7th-19th of October, FS GM-IM, Bp. Org.Nagy László.
17. 4th-16th of November FS GM-IM-FM closed tmt, info NL.
18. Second half of November, TENKES KUPA, Harkány, 250 km South
West from Budapest, Organizer: Mr FULOP, Csaba E-mail: fulopcsa@invitel.hu
19. 2nd-15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, info NL.
Semi-finals Argentine Championship
The Open Tournament Semi-finals of the Argentine Championship take
place 4th-19th March, 2006 Merlo, Buenos Aires ARG Swiss Open, 7 rounds.
Coverage: http://www.ajedrezfaogba.com.ar
CE Martigny 12 hour Blitz
The CE Martigny 12 hour Blitz takes place Saturday 15th April 2006.
Venue: 5 minutes per player per game, 40 games
Further details: http://www.uve-wsb.ch/ or Pierre Perruchoud
Rue des Marronniers 4 1920 Martigny Tél . 079 / 287 51 57 e-mail :
pierre.perruchoud@mycable.ch
6th Znojmo Open
The 6th International Chess Festival Znojmo Open 2006 takes place
13th-21st May 2006 in Znojmo (the Czech Republic). Among others European Women
Rapid Chess Championship (the prize fund 5 000 EUR), FIDE open, The Znojmo
Little Queen and Open Championship of the Southmoravian chess federation in
active chess will be a part of the festival.
Contact: Dr. Jan Mazuch, Director of CZECH OPEN & CZECH TOUR -
j.mazuch@avekont.cz
Website for the Czech Tour: http://www.czechopen.net
Free "How good is your chess" articles in German
For German Readers The excellent series "How good is your chess",
written by the english Grandmaster Daniel King, appears also in the german
language as "Test & Training". You can download a free sample in the
section "Training" at http://www.schach-magazin.de
Vladimir Kramnik vs. Deep Fritz Match Announced
Vladimir Kramnik will play the ChessBase computer program Deep Fritz in
a 6 game match 25th November - 5th December 2006 in the German’s Art and
Exhibition Hall in Bonne. Kramnik stands to win a prize of $1 Million US for a
win in the match doubling his starting fee.
Asked how he estimates his chances, Kramnik reacted cautiously: "Fritz
examines millions of moves per second. It is extraordinarily difficult to play
against such a calculating monster. Right from the start you are walking on a
very narrow ridge, and you know that any inattentiveness will be your downfall.
It is a scientific experiment and I will have to fight very hard for my
chance." The WCC is being organized by Universal Event Promotion (UEP), in
cooperation with the Art and Exhibition Hall.
Schedule: Game 1: Saturday 25.11.2006 16h Game 2: Monday 27.11.2006 16h
Game 3: Wednesday 29.11.2006 16h Game 4: Friday 01.12.2006 16h Game 5: Sunday
03.12.2006 16h Game 6: Tuesday 05.12.2006 16h During the entire period of the
match the Art and Exhibition Hall will offer a varied program.
Information: http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de
MTel Masters Sofia
The Mtel Masters takes place in Sofia 9th (opening ceremony) - 21st
(closing) May 2006. Players: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler,
Etienne Bacrot, Gata Kamsky and Ruslan Ponomariov.
Website: http://www.mtelmasters06.com/
Battle of Senta 1697 Chess Festival
The 10th Anniversary Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" takes
place 21st-30th July 2006. Events: A Main tournament, B tournament,
rapid-transit ( ,, Blitz ,, ) tournament, rapid-transit tournament,
children’s rapid-transit tournament, women’s rapid-transit tournament
Information, registration for tournaments and private accommodation
bookings at Seles Ambrus, 27 Fruskogorska street, 24400 Senta Serbia-Montenegro
. Telephone number : +381-24-813-251 or mob. +381-63-8-754-713, E-mail :
kajari@sksyu.net , szelescs@sabotronic.co.yu, novaklaslo@ptt.yu,
brindzai@stcable.co.yu.
Further details: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu/
Politiken Cup
The Copenhagen Chess Festival, including the Politiken Cup will take
place 22nd-30th July 2006. Nigel Short has already agreed to participate.
Further details: http://www.politikencup.dk/
3rd South Wales International
The 3rd South Wales International Chess Tournament takes place 8-13 July
2006.
Official site: http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/
RC Sport Open 2006
The 1st RC Sport Open takes place 29th April - 6th May 2006 in
Ústí nad Orlicí (Czech republic).
Further details: http://sachy.rcsport.info
Brno Chess Festival
The Brno Chess Festival takes place in the Czech Republic, 30th June -
9th July 2006.
Events: A. Grandmasters close tournament 30.6.-9.7.2006 SKANSKA BRNO
2006 B. 2 masters close tournament 30.6.-9.7.2006 DS BRNO 2006 and ZS BRNO 2006
C. Open tournament FIDE 1.7.-9.7.2006 OPEN DURAS BVK FIDE D. Open tournament
national 1.7.-9.7.2006 OPEN DURAS BVK national E. Open blitz tournament
8.7.2006 Memorial Vaclav Felix F. Simultaneous games 5.7.2006
Further details: http://www.skduras.wz.cz/indexe.htm
World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad
The World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad takes place in 5th-13th August
2006 in Dogubeyazit, Agri Turkey.
Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr
Andrew Martin Chess Academy
The Official web site for the Andrew Martin Chess Academy goes live on
Wednesday, March 1st featuring A Game Annotation Service A personal on-line
tuition and coaching service A regular newsletter A Series of (real OTB)
tournaments for Children under 14 years.
Official site: http://www.andrewmartinchessacademy.com/
(http://www.andrewmartinchessacademy.com/main.php)
Aarhus GM
There is a GM-tournament cat. X-XI in Aarhus, Denmark, August 5th-13th
2006 with a special event on August 4. The players will consist of 5 women vs.
5 men and women with ELO > 2460 are welcome to contact Soren Sogaard
(soren@seagaard.dk) for further information. There will also be an
IM-tournament, cat. V (5 women vs. 5 men).
XIX edition of the Ciudad de León
The XIX edition of the Ciudad de León chess tournament takes
place 8th-12th June 2006 at the Junta de Castilla y León building in
León, Spain.
Players: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Paco Vallejo and
Lázaro Bruzón.
There will be 2 semi finals (June 9th and June 10th) and a final (June
11th)
Official sites: http://www.advancedchessleon.com
and/or http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
Spanish Championship
The Spanish closed and open Championships will be held in León
November 22nd-30th 2006. The Hotel Conde Luna from León will be the
venue and the official hotel of the organization.
2nd San Marino Open
The 2nd San Marino International Chess Open takes place in the Republic
of San Marino June 5th-11th 2006, at the end of the Turin World Chess Olympiad.
Prize fund € 40.000, 1st prize € 10.000. For any related information
visit the internet website http://www.sanmarinoscacchi.sm
For further info: info@sanmarinoscacchi.sm
Las Vegas Masters
Las Vegas Masters Chess Tournament June 10th-14th, 2006
School House Chess Center, Las Vegas, USA FIDE rated, 9 round Swiss,
open to players rated FIDE 2200 and higher. $3,800 prize fund, free entry to
GMs and non-US IMs.
Website: http://www.clarkcountychessclub.com/masters/.
Info: Chris Bird, (702)575-0635, chris@clarkcountychessclub.com.
National Open
National Open Chess Tournament June 16th-18th, 2006
Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, USA 6 round Swiss, 8 sections:
Open, U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200 and Unrated. Estimated $100,000
total prize fund! Free entry to GMs. Side events include Susan Polgar World
Championship for Girls and National Open Blitz Championship.
Website: http://www.lvchessfestival.com
Alushta Tournaments
01.02.06 Tournaments in Alushta:
GM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06,
2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.09–6.10,
IM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06,
2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.09–6.10,
Rating tournament: 5.06-13.06, 23.06–27.06
Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 14.06-22.06, Swiss 9
rounds.
Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman)- 500$:
28.06-6.07, Swiss 9 rounds. Open tournament (rapid chess) 7.07–8.07, Swiss
9 rounds. Blitz tournament 9.07. Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin
23.06–27.06. Individual and group studying.
Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38
(06560)5-05-32, +380505828911 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for
English speaking) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua
Lenk International Chess Festival
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2006" will continue in Lenk with the 18th
"Kreuz-Open" April 13th-17th 2006.
The venue is the Hotel Kreuz, Grande Open, Swiss system, 7 rounds and
the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes
till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200
and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady,
senior (1945), junior(1986-89), schoolboy (1990) and best local player. Entry
fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free.
New: teams competition, with 4 members; 3 prizes: 4x100/4x75/4x50 SF; entry fee
10 SF. Venue: Hotel "Kreuz". Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 April 13,;
Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 14,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April
15,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 16,; Round 7 9.30-14.30 April
17. Closing ceremony April 17 at 16.00.
Info: Beochess +41+62+965-46-50 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or
site http://www.beochess.ch for more
details.
VIII Rector Cup
The VIII Rector Cup takes place 27th March - 7th April 2006. There are
GM events for men and women. The events take place in the National law academy
of Ukraine & Chess club in Kharkov 12 participants in each tournament,
round robin, 11 rounds, 90 minutes for each player to finish the game with
extra 30 seconds for each move from the start (Fischer system)
Further info:
+38(057) 704-38-12 Chess club - Law academy
+38(067) 562-00-07 mobile Karlovich Anastasiya
+38(050) 353-37-22 mobile
Kovchan Alexander
e-mail: nlau@mail.ru
20th Pula Open 2006
The 20th Pula Open (Croatia) takes place 18th-25th June 2006.
Further details and entry: http://www.skpula.hr/
GM against the World - Olympiads of Chess, Turin 2006
The second GM against the World game on the Olympiad site will be GM
Misho Cebalo (Croatia) and he it start on Monday, January 9th. Just Register on
the Olympiad website and wait to receive your password by email. Then Enter the
game in PlayArea/play on line
Further details: http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org
Lodi International Chess Festival
The 2nd Festival Scacchistico Internazionale "Città di Lodi"
takes place in Lodi, Italy, 5th-11th June 2006. Prize fund Euros20.000,00.
Further details: http://www.lenuvole.org/ or
scacchi@lenuvole.org
14th Donau Open
The 14th Donau Open took place 26th-31st December 2005. I couldn't get
the official site: http://www.aschach.info/schach/english.htm
to work correctly.
Asian Youth Championships
The Asian Youth Championships took place in New Delhi December 7th-14th
2005.
Games, Results, photos are available at
http://www.delhichess.com.
Davos Festival 2006
Swiss Chess Tour Davos Festival 2006 with Viktor Korchnoi playing the
first time in individual senior championship
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2006" will continue in Davos with Chess Summer
Festival from August 5-13, 2006. Main event will be the 6th European Individual
Senior Championship. The second tournament will be 5. Davos Open. The first
time Davos host an official event. Just to remind, Davos is one of the most
popular tourist places in Europe (summer and winter), with specific micro
clime, unique in the world.
6th European Individual Senior Championship, August 7th to 13th 2006.
"Sunstar Park Hotel" (4 stars) will be host festival in the new, comfortable
Congress Center. Swiss system, 9 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6
hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles
and rating: FIDE, Swiss (SSB) and German (DWZ). Seniors: men born 1945 and
earlier; women born 1955 and earlier. Prize (men):
2.500/1.700/1.000/700/600/500/2x400/2x300 SF. 3 group rating prize (200/150/100
SF). Women: 400/300/3x200 SF; Entry fee 70 SF; at the door 10 SF more. Time
table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 5th; Round 2/8 9.30-15.30 August 6th-12th;
Round 9 9.30-15.30 August 13th.
5th Davos Open, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours
(40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200,
900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. Natural prizes for 4 and more
points. Special prizes for best Lady, best local player. Entry fee 140 SF, FMs
and juniors 70 SF, GMs and IMs free; juniors lodging at Sunstar Park Hotel
free; at the door 10 SF more. Time table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 6th;
Round 2/7 16.00-22.00 August 7th-12th. Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel" Congress
Center. Closing ceremony August 13th, 4 p.m. Unbelievable chess-rates. Info
Beochess: +41+62+9654-650 (Robert Spoerri) beochess@bluewin.ch or
http://www.beochess.ch or
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
Iranian Super League
The second Season of the Iranian Super League starts from 3rd October
2005. News: Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.
Further details:
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.asp?tnr=2350&lan=1
and http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
Seagaard ChessReviews
Soren Sogaard has announced that his site Seagaard ChessReviews will be
updated after receiving a lot of positive e-mails, "I decided to try to keep
running the site. I also got two new reviewers, and the well known danish IM
Steffen Pedersen reviews his first book." He'll see if he can keep it going
another 6 months.
Website: http://seagaard.dk/review
Mezezers International Open 2006
The Mezezers International Open 2006 (110 km from Riga Latvia) takes
place 1st-6th July 2005.
Details; http://www.mezezers.viss.lv
Jovan Petronic Website
Jovan Petronic has a new website with some news on it.
http://www.jovanpetronic.com/chessnews.htm
New RSS Chess Website
Chess Samizdat is a new portal which offers free syndicated chess
content to the world via JS and RSS feed.
http://www.correspondencechess.com/samizdat/
European Team Championship
In addition to Olympiad history there is now European Team Championship
history (1957-2005) available at: http://www.olimpbase.org
Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship
Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship, 2005-2006 The
starter round of this competition has now finished and the solution to the
starter problem, and other details, is available at the website:
http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0506/bcsc.html
Peter Leko Official Site
Peter Leko now has a web site. http://www.lekochess.com/
1st ICCF Webchess Open Tournament
The ICCF have announced the 1st WebChess Open Tournament and invites
every player worldwide to participate in the event. The event is to be played
on the ICCF dedicated Webserver http://www.iccf-webchess.com. This
tournament is open to all correspondence chess players worldwide, also for
those without any previous ICCF experience. Multiple entries are allowed. The
tournament will be played in three stages - preliminaries, semifinal and final.
Details: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=19
Russia vs ROW Correspondence
The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is
using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64
boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004. Players include Joop
van Oosterom
http://www.mychessweb.com/Tables/Internationale/Play/russia-world.htm
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